tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740Thu, 08 Sep 2016 04:32:33 +0000DoranWordless WednesdayAmanuensis MondayMcLaughlinMcCroskeyTombstone TuesdayDanchakStroudFuneral Card FridayLowrySurname SaturdayRosaGeorgeMcKenneyPrewettSaturday Night Genealogy Funfuneral cardsClarkIllinoisMadness MondayMilitaryTreasure Chest ThursdayAdamekBonhamCoffieldDushekElliottFriday FunGublerHalloweenHammettHouseJuddNixonRawlingsTuesday's TipWednesday's ChildThe Wandering VineI'm new to blogging so bear with me as I wander through the vines. The vines on my husbands side include Brewer, George, House and Prewett. Mine include Danchak, Doran, Dushek, McCrosky, McLaughlin, Rosa, and Stroud.http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Stachia)Blogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-827400279578387789Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +00002013-01-14T07:00:06.924-08:00Amanuensis MondayMcKenneyAmanuensis Monday: McKenney (Part 3)<br />This final installment in the McKenney series was printed in February, 1962&nbsp;by J. Wilson McKenney.&nbsp; There were only 120 copies made.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N5ufuke1I7k/UPOZC2TdKOI/AAAAAAAAATg/z31s6RiS_k0/s1600/McKenney+Book+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N5ufuke1I7k/UPOZC2TdKOI/AAAAAAAAATg/z31s6RiS_k0/s320/McKenney+Book+3.jpg" width="243" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>J Wilson McKenney</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />Since producing this little booklet almost three years ago, I have received several letters correcting or amplifying entries in the McKenney story.&nbsp; This addenda is offered as tribute for my errors.&nbsp; But who will go on from here to produce a truly creditable genealogy?<br /><br />Last summer Ruth and I drove across country, stopping to visit in Missouri.&nbsp; At an ancient courthouse in Harrisonville, seat of Cass County, I discovered only two McKinneys (note spelling) in official records of births.&nbsp; I was told a fire had destroyed records prior to 1883.<br /><br />Berta McKinney is the name on the card.&nbsp; Lavina is given as the mother's name and the birthplace is noted as Austin township, northeast of Archie.&nbsp; The birth of Lawrence McKinney (without the Jesse) is recorded as February 1, 1886, about two months after the date in the family Bible.&nbsp; The father's name is noted as Jonathan, age 42; the mother's as Luvina, age 30.&nbsp; The attending physician in both cases was Dr. W.A. Tout, of Archie.&nbsp; Apparently prosperous enough to purchase a Tout family history, he had no patience with small details like patient's names. [Touting his own horn?]<br /><br />Dutch Corners is not a place name now known in Harrisonville.&nbsp; But I learned that the town of Archie was laid out in 1880, three years after my grandparents returned to the Missouri farm from Colorado.&nbsp; Cass County was named in 1849 for the Democratic candidate for President.&nbsp; And that year about half the male population of the county went west to the gold fields, a trend which continued for 30 years.<br /><br />I have no evidence explaining why the family name should be spelled McKinney in Missouri and McKenney in California; possibly a clerical error.<br /><br />A nostalgic letter from Joe Hamm recalls his memories of a half century ago at the family farm on Magnolia Avenue:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">I can remember the wonderful odors of wash day when the women folk started the fire out doors under the cast iron pot, where most things were boiled.&nbsp; We were sent to gather loose brush from the cypress trees and bark from the eucalyptus trees along the car line.&nbsp; What a heavenly aroma this combination of woods did make!</blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The irrigation ditch that bordered the front yard carried water that was wonderfully cool.&nbsp; When the ditch was dry it was filled with cool interesting sand.</blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">There was a pantry where you could almost always pick up a cold biscuit or muffin to munch on between meals.&nbsp; The store room off the other end of the kitchen had a heady smell of smoked hams and whole roasted coffee beans.</blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Wakened in the morning, you could hear Grandma stirring about in the kitchen, where, on the old wood stove, she would put together a farmer breakfast of hot biscuits and honey, mush, ham and eggs....</blockquote><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">It was a rich and rewarding lifetime exposure some of us have been priviledged to enjoy near the warmth and love of this unique and grand family, the McKenneys.</blockquote><br />Yes, Joe, the sights and sounds and smells of that time and place are well remembered, leaving a taste of sweetness we were never to know again.&nbsp; The trees on the Avenue were friendly giants -- how could they grow so small in another generation?&nbsp; The limbs were kind to small climbers...the hay was so fragrant... I was told I could capture the crows by sprinkling salt on their tails.&nbsp; Life's first great disillusionment came as I trudged home, salt dissolved in sweaty palm, bare feet sore from racing on stubble, and the laughter of the haying crew ringing in my ears.<br /><br />Joseph, with the bright memory, was an actor in his youth, entered the Los Angeles county fire department in 1929, became its Safety Director, and retired in 1961.&nbsp; His father, John F. Hamm, husband of Kate, died in 1957.&nbsp; Son Laurence Manly Hamm, after Army discharge in 1919, engaged in the plumbing contracting business with his father in Alhambra, bought the business in 1927, and still operates L.M. Hamm, Inc.&nbsp; He has three grandsons and six granddaughters.&nbsp; His sister, Hazel Pruett -- my age -- lives in Baldwin Park.<br /><br />Corrections in my original "McKenney" story are many; it will probably never be brought up to date.<br /><br />Uncle Marion, known as 'Mame', died in 1905; he had four sons, three of whom are living.&nbsp; Earl, born in June 1900, died in 1958.&nbsp; He married in 1923 and fathered three sons: Francis, Earl, and Galen.&nbsp; Allen, born October 31, 1901, married, has no offspring.&nbsp; Willy, born July 14, 1903, married in 1929, has three children.&nbsp; Lewis, born January 6, 1905, married Vyvan Smith in 1929, had two daughters, was divorced.&nbsp; With the rank of Major, U.S. Army, ret., he married Patricia Swahn in 1954, made his home in Costa Mesa. His name is listed locally as McKenny.<br /><br />Bernice married James Millikin, <em>not</em> Mulligan.&nbsp; Her son, Gilbert, a resident of Costa Mesa, married Ruth Trapp in 1939, had a son named George.&nbsp; He married Natalie Mathews in 1956 and they have three sons: Larry, Bruce, and Brian.&nbsp; Bernice's son, Bruce, died in 1959.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V1MESbcaaXk/UPOZchaCdZI/AAAAAAAAATo/jY0mIkvvdio/s1600/McKenney+Book+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V1MESbcaaXk/UPOZchaCdZI/AAAAAAAAATo/jY0mIkvvdio/s320/McKenney+Book+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ten sons and daughters of Jonathan W. McKenney are shown here as they appeared at the 1938 family reunion. &nbsp;Now, 24 years later, two brothers and three sisters are dead. &nbsp;Shown, left to right, are Mildred, Grace, Emma, Kate, Bernice...</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yT8zSSeGUYo/UPOZc_o0JKI/AAAAAAAAATs/RfWmA8DYQg0/s1600/McKenney+Book+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="309" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yT8zSSeGUYo/UPOZc_o0JKI/AAAAAAAAATs/RfWmA8DYQg0/s320/McKenney+Book+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>...John, Ralph, Birt, Joe and Al.</i>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">﻿Blanche's daughter, Addie, now living in Whittier, married John Marion Cain, who died in 1918.&nbsp; Her brother, George Wilson Doyle, died in 1944.&nbsp; His son, Joseph, born 1928, died in Veterans' Hospital in 1959.&nbsp; George's daughter Patricia has five children; son Lawrence, who also bears the middle name of Wilson, is father of two.&nbsp; George's wife, Irene, who lives now in Bowie, Arizona, says Lawrence flies jets and looks like an earlier version of me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Uncle Al died in 1953 and his wife Jessie died in 1959.&nbsp; She had lived with daughter Francis in Colton after leaving her Yucaipa home.&nbsp; Cousin Richard, who had farmed with his father at Bloomington and Coachella Valley, moved to Costa Mesa, married Helen Allen, had a son, Richard Allen [1935], divorced.&nbsp; He married Margaret McFarland in 1955, Ronald Allen was born the next year. <em>[Actually, its McLaughlin and they had no children -Stachia]</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Aunt Mildred, that wonderful spirit who taught in San Joaquin Valley so many years ago, died of cancer March 2, 1961.&nbsp; Uncle Charlie, her companion for 41 years, spent Christmas with 11 grandsons and 3 granddaughters--and a great lonliness.&nbsp; Betty Davy bore her Kevin James in 1959 and Alys Erickson mothered her Theodore Von in 1961.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Birt was buried February 6, 1961, a month before Mildred's death.&nbsp; He had lived alone at the Maywood Hotel for many years but for some time he lived near Manly's home in Alhambra in order to visit Emma.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Emma still sews, a skill she has used since leaving her grocery store in Laguna Beach.&nbsp; Her daughter Mildred lives at Laguna.&nbsp; What fun Milly and I had in the summer of 1916 [she was only 5 but I was 8] as we searched for coffee shells and marine life on those unspoiled beaches! She is the wife of Ed Hobert -- not Hyatt -- whom she married in 1940.&nbsp; Mildred's daughter Carolyn married Peter Burr in 1960, had a child last year.&nbsp; Marian is a resident of Fullerton, Catherine of Garden Grove.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Aunt Grace and Uncle Dee have lived in Laguna Beach since the early 20s; Dee was a mechanic for the city for many years.&nbsp; Ruth married Douglas K. Perrin in 1940 and Margaret married Lawrence W. Taylor in 1941; all live in Laguna.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ralph, now 69, claims to be the "oldest active fireman in the Sixth Army."&nbsp; Long a resident of Flagstaff, Arizona, he has become a senior warden in his local Masonic Lodge.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">John, youngest of the 14, retired as an industrial electrician in 1960, now enjoys bowling, gardening.&nbsp; Daughter Phyllis married Donald Pederson in 1946; they have an 11-year-old named Susan Lisa.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My father, Joseph W., will be 80 this year, the oldest surviving member of the family.&nbsp; He has had a quiet retirement from cabinet work in Long Beach and San Bernardino, but rarely writes.&nbsp; He is proud of his 58 years membership in the Masonic Lodge; he took his first degree in Buena Park in 1903, was enrolled in the honorary 32nd degree in 1958.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My sister, Jo, still operates a clothing store in Hermosa Beach; Husband Bob is a veteran executive at Northrup Aircraft.&nbsp; Son Robert Neal is a father; Gary Arthur, 20, is completing his printing apprenticeship.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Since leaving Compton Junior College in 1930, I have been constantly engaged with words, type and paper.&nbsp; From 1933 to 1950 I owned and edited four weekly newspapers, was co-founder of&nbsp;<em>Desert Magazine</em>.&nbsp; Since 1952 I have been editor of <em>CTA Journal</em> for the California Teachers Association.&nbsp; Daughters Pat Stewart (a beautiful girl, Jennifer) and Jody Lakner (two fine boys, Roger and Frederick) live near us.&nbsp; Son Jon, a language specialist, left for Nurenburg in January for a two-year tour with the Army.&nbsp; All of them were with us at Christmas time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2013/01/amanuensis-monday-mckenney-part-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-6020306509169403115Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +00002013-01-07T07:00:01.564-08:00Amanuensis MondayMcKenneyAmanuensis Monday: McKenney (Part 2)<strong>1.&nbsp; MARION</strong> [farmer]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born Nov. 23, 1872, in Arapaho County, Colorado Territory.&nbsp; Died 1906 in California.&nbsp; Married Caroline Jaeger 1899.<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Earl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s&nbsp; </strong>Allen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s&nbsp; </strong>Willy<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; s</strong>&nbsp; Lewis<br /><br /><strong>2.&nbsp; BERNICE</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born Oct. 7, 1874, in Arapaho County. &nbsp;Died Jan, 1950 at Laguna Beach.&nbsp; Married James E. Mulligan 1897; div. 1915<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Gilbert, born Sept. 6, 1898<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Jessie, born Aug. 2, 1901, married Charles Wheldon, died Sept. 3, 1936.<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Bruce, born Apr. 1, 1906, married Florence Mitchell Aug. 1, 1938.<br />Married George Graham.<br /><br /><strong>3.&nbsp; SARAH BLANCHE</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born Aug. 24, 1876 in Colorado.&nbsp; Died Nov. 7, 1899 at Buena Park.&nbsp; Married Joseph Peter Doyle May 9, 1894.<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Addie, born Aug. 22, 1895, married Jack Cain, div., Charles Prather, div.; Arthur E. Weatherwax.&nbsp; <br />Son adopted by latter union.<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; George, born Oct. 1897, married Irene Crawford 1927.<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Patricia Louise ~ 1928<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Joseph Leland ~ 1930<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Lawrence ~ 1935<br /><br /><strong>4.&nbsp; KATE</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born March 6, 1878 in Cass County, Missouri.&nbsp; Married John F. Hamm Jan. 3, 1897.&nbsp; Died Nov. 1947.<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Lawrence Manly, born June 21, 1898, married Marguerite Walitzek, div.<br /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; d</strong>&nbsp; Joyce Louise ~ 1924<br /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; s</strong>&nbsp; Richard Lawrence ~ 1925<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; James Francis, born Dec. 4, 1902, married Faith Parker, div.<br /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; d </strong>&nbsp;Norma<br /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; d</strong>&nbsp; Marjorie<br />Married Rita Dods<br /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; d&nbsp; </strong>Catherine Louise<br /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; s</strong>&nbsp; Fred<br /><strong>s&nbsp; </strong>Joseph Eugene, born Aug. 14, 1904, married Margaret Fultz<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Mary Linda<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Galen, born 1906, died 1908<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Hazel Irene, born Sept. 26, 1908, married Nels Haglind, div., married Lee Forrester, div.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Lee ~ 1944<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Kate ~ 1948<br />Married Myron J. Pruett, May 1958.<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Grace Catherine, born May 22, 1911, married Everett Davis, died July 12, 1957.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Thomas ~ 1937<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; William ~ 1940<br /><br /><strong>5.&nbsp; RICHARD ALLEN</strong> [farmer]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born Aug. 15, 1879 in Cass County, Missouri.&nbsp; Married Jessie Terry Aug. 6, 1908.&nbsp; Died Oct. 15, 1953.<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Richard, born March 12, 1911, married Helen _______, div.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Richard, Jr.<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Frances, born Nov. 23, 1913, married _______ Robinson, div.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Marvin&nbsp; and&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Myra, twins ~ 1933<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Ronald&nbsp; and&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Donald, twins ~ 1938<br /><br /><strong>6.&nbsp; JOSEPH WILSON</strong> [carpenter, cabinet-maker]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born June 9, 1822 in Cass County, Missouri.&nbsp; Married Edna May Durfey June 5, 1907; div. 1943.<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; James Wilson, born April 7, 1908; married Lee Ruth Greer May 5, 1933<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Wanda Jo ~ 1936<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Patricia Lee ~ 1939<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Jon Wilson ~ 1941<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Josephine Edna, born Aug. 22, 1909; married Robert A. Phillips Nov. 6, 1933.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Robert Neil ~ 1936<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Gary Robert ~ 1941<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Gordon Durfrey, born Sept. 7, 1914; died Feb. 11, 1942 as 2nd Lt., U.S. Air Fore.<br />Married Dolly _______, 1951<br /><br /><strong>7.&nbsp; BERT MILTON</strong> [mechanic]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born Jan 1, 1884 in Cass County, Missouri.&nbsp; Married Agnes Pohl 1916 (she died in 1918).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Eugene Malcolm, born 1917.<br />Married Kitty Parrott 1922, div. 1934.<br /><br /><strong>8.&nbsp; JESSE LAWRENCE</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born Nov. 25, 1885 in Cass County.&nbsp; Died in infancy.<br /><br /><strong>9.&nbsp; EMMA JANE</strong>&nbsp;[merchant, seamstress]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born March 22, 1889 in Buena Park, Calif.&nbsp; Married Arthur G. Pence in 1910, div.<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Mildred Irene, born April 14, 1911; married Harlan Tinch, div.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Caroline ~ 1936<br />Married Edward Hyatt 1939.<br />d&nbsp; Marian Virginia, born Dec. 13, 1912; married Leland Montague 1936.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Michael Blake ~ 1940<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Anne Louise ~ 1946<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Catherine Louise, born June 19, 1915; married Paul Danforth, div.; married Ray Wagstaff 1938.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Stephen Pence ~ 1942<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Jane Ann ~ 1945<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Laurie Rae ~ 1951<br /><br /><strong>10.&nbsp; FRANK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong>Born in California; twin of Emma.&nbsp; Died in infancy.<br /><br /><strong>11.&nbsp; GRACE ESTELLE</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born Sept. 12, 1890 at Buena Park.&nbsp; Married Robert Dee Woodward 1913.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Ruth, born Oct. 30, 1914\<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Margaret, born Jan. 28, 1923<br /><br /><strong>12.&nbsp; RALPH LEE</strong> [fireman]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born Nov. 18, 1893 at Buena Park.&nbsp; Married Kitty Pfennighousen (she died in 1926).&nbsp; Married Bernice Lavere 1937.<br /><br /><strong>13.&nbsp; MILDRED MAY </strong>[teacher]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born Nov. 18, 1893 (twin of Ralph).&nbsp; Married Charles W. Erickson Feb. 21, 1920.<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Albert LaVern, born Nov. 7, 1921; married Bonnie Lou Anne Short Nov. 19, 1944.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Richard William ~ 1947<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Scott LaVerne ~ 1949<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Helene Estelle, born July 11, 1923; married George Wallace Barber Feb. 14, 1942.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Curtis Wallace ~ 1947<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s&nbsp; </strong>Rodney Douglas ~ 1948<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Wendy Susan ~ 1955<br /><strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Betty Lee, born July 21, 1926; married Stephen Louis Davy April 7, 1943.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Sharon Lee ~ 1943<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; James Patrick ~ 1947<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Robert Stephen ~ 1949<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Thomas Charles ~ 1950<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Carole Lynne ~ 1957<br /><strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Charles David, born Oct. 31, 1927; married Alys Patricia Brock Feb. 5, 1949.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; David Lee ~ 1954<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>s</strong>&nbsp; Joel Keith ~ 1956<br /><br /><strong>14.&nbsp; JONATHAN DAVID (John)</strong> [electrician]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Born July 21, 1895 in Buena Park.&nbsp; Maried Lenabel Van Dorfey Dec. 1, 1919.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>d</strong>&nbsp; Phyllis Marcelle, born Sept. 3, 1920.<br /><br /><br />This short summary, covering three generations, names 64 cousins I can trace.&nbsp; But the name of McKenney will survive only through the sons of Mame, the son of Cousin Richard, and my son Jon.<br /><br />This spring, in my 50th year, I became a grandfather.&nbsp; I hope that this account may be of some interest to my grandchildren and to others of the third and fourth generation after Jonathan, even though they do not bear the name I have used with pride<strong>.&nbsp;</strong><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">﻿</div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2013/01/amanuensis-monday-mckenney-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-8120918851363229716Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:30:00 +00002012-12-31T06:30:01.653-08:00Amanuensis MondayMcKenneyAmanuensis Monday: McKenney (Part 1)<br />The following is from a small booklet written by J. Wilson McKenny in March, 1959. Two hundred copies were printed and bound. The one in my possession is number 18. This will be a three part series: the introductory part, the who-married-who-and-had-which-kids part, and the corrections (which came out three years later).<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *﻿</div><br /><em>This little booklet, written and produced by the grandson of a Missouri farmer, is simply the partial record of a family. The real story is told in deeds and not in printed pages.</em><br /><br /><br />McKenney is a name with the sound of the Irish. I have no evidence that it came to America from the Emerald Isle but the family, without benefit of geneologist, has assumed that its origin was either Irish or Scotch-Irish.<br /><br />A map of the Irish Free State shows the McKenna clan centered at the mouth of the Ulster River in County Monaghan. The principal town is Carricknacross, not far from the River Glyde. Across the river and to the south in Leinster, Louth County, is the clan McKenny. My research does not reveal the home grounds of a clan McKenney. Did the two clans of similar name have a feud which separated them by the river forming the boundary of Ulstermen?<br /><br />Since I have made no search of geneological records, I do not know when the first McKenney reached America. There is a village in central Virgina named McKenney; could an early ancestor have left his name as he passed westward?<br /><br />It is probable that the first McKenney came from Ireland during the "Great Irish Migration" of 1827-38, caused by economic distress in the north and increasing factionalism in the south. The Irish began to stream to this country immediately after the War of 1812 and were second only to the Germans in migration during the 19th century. The majority were laborers and mechanics, attracted by the westward movement of the railroads.<br /><br />In the record available to me I find no evidence of professional status ~ no doctors, lawyers, or senators ~ but neither is there record of insanity or crime. Writer Ruth (My sister Eileeen) McKenney doesn't count; we do not know her.<br /><br />My grandfather, Jonathan Wilson McKenney, was born October 5, 1843, in Jasper County, Missouri. His parents were Jonathan McKenney and Louisa Butts, both of whom were raised in Kentucky. Louisa had a brother, Wilson, owner of a big Montana cattle ranch, who visited his nephew's family in Buena Park in 1898. Jonathan's parents are said to have had 17 children; he, the eldest, bore the nickname "Bud" throughout his life.<br /><br />Aunt Emma says there were two sets of twins among brothers and sisters of my grandfather. She recalls the names of Louvenia, Emma, Martha, Albert, Howell, Frank and Galen. She says the family was raised in Dutch Corners, Cass County, Missouri, and that most of the sons went to the Colorado mines in the 1870's. Louvenia married Frank Stetson and lived in Bisbee, Arizona. Uncle Ralph says that Lou's daughter, Mattie Stetson Atkinson, still lives in Bisbee but that her memory is inaccurate.<br /><br />J.W. joined the 22nd Missouri Infantry in 1857 at 14 years, serving as a drummer boy for 18 months. When he returned home he found his parents had been killed. Escaping bushwackers, the boy reached the Missouri river, crossed by grasping the tail of a swimming cow.<br /><br />He enlisted in Company K of the 9th Kansas Cavalry, served in the Union cause 3 years, received an honorable discharge in 1865 with the rank of corporal.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Returning to Confederate Missouri and Arkansas, he worked as a truck-gardener near Little Rock. He met and married Louvenia Frances Arnett in Missouri in January, 1872; he was 28 and his bride was not yet 17.<br /><br />Louvenia Arnett was born in Benton County, Missouri, February 28, 1855. Her parents died when she was an infant and she was raised by her grandfather, Andrew Youree, a Welsh Farmer. Her grandfather and step grandmother also raised 2 other children, Ida and Charlie Barrett, and an adopted daughter, Elizabeth Ann. Louvenia's sister, Sally, married her step grandmother's son Jasper James. Jasper, who might have been related to the notorious outlaw Jessie James, was in the Oklahoma land rush, claimed a homestead, but lost it in exchange for liquor. Louvenia's brother, Edward Joseph Arnett, born in 1860, married Allie Hickox, had four daughters and a son, and died in 1908.<br /><br />Jonathan and Louvenia left Missouri in a covered wagon, making their first home in Colorado Territory. Uncle Ralph remembers his mother's stories of Indians stampeding buffalo and how the wagon train narrowly escaped destruction by savage or beast.<br /><br />They remained 5 years in Colorado, where their first three children were born. Jonathan operated a truck farm near Denver, had men selling produce in the city. There is no family recollection that he engaged in mining with his brother's, who were said to have arrived in the Colorado gold fields about the same time.<br /><br />In 1877 they returned to Cass County, Missouri, where the next 5 children were born on a farm near Archie, Lawrence dying at 18 months. Jonathan operated a threshing machine and he prospered. Having seen some of the opportunities of the west, he saved his money until he could move his growing family to California.<br /><br />On April 1, 1887, with his wife and seven children ~ aged 2 to 14 years ~ he started the tedious railroad trip to fabulous Southern California, clutching in his hand the glowing promotional brochure of one J.A. Whitaker. They arrived at a railroad station named Buena Park (a promoter's euphemism from Spanish and English) a few miles west of Fullerton. Jonathan bought 18 acres of black adobe soil a mile northwest of the depot. Whitaker wanted the site for town lots and traded Jonathan 23.6 acres of sandy loam. On the new land Jonathan built a large frame house, the second residence in the district, and in this place the family lived and worked for 17 years. To the original acreage Jonathan added the neighboring plots until he had 73 acres at the time he sold out in 1905.<br /><br />Jonathan was a good farmer and a hard worker. He believed his sons should be equally industrious and the growing family labored early and late on the dairy farm. My fahter has told me little about his father, except that he was taciturn, a 'good provider,' thrifty, and a member of the Methodist Church. He suffered for many years from the effects of disease contracted during the War.<br /><br />When the McKenney family reached California, the state was just approaching its first million in population. (This year it will reach 15 million). Much of the rich flat land in the vast alluvial fan had not been settled and there was an abundance of sweet artesian water. The year after the house was built the state legislature created Orange County by carving off a piece of Los Angeles County and drawing the boundary line a mile west of the farm.<br /><br />Six more children were born on the Buena Park farm, two dying in infancy. Most of them attended the Centralia school. The head of the family was not a "joiner" nor did he believe in wasting time in idle amusement. He did not encourage his children to seek education beyond the elementary grades. My father did not have parental blessing when he went to USC. As Jonathan prosered with the dairy, he bought stock in a pioneer Fullerton bank, later the Security First National.<br /><br />After most of the children had grown and left the farm, Jonathan sold the Buena Park property and moved in February 1905 to a house on West Seventh Street in Riverside. Nearly two years later he sold this house, bought a small farm at 549 Magnolia Avenue, 5 miles south of Riverside. In the big two-story house across the tree shaded avenue from famous Sherman Institute, my grandfather died July 3, 1908, three months after my birth. Cause of death was believed to be a service-caused kidney disease, combined with pneumonia. He was 65 years old.<br /><br />Some years later grandmother ~ "Mommie" to all her children ~ sold the bank stock and the Arlington (Magnolia Ave.) property and my father built her a comfortable bungalow on the heights above Laguna Beach. Here she died April 9, 1927.<br /><br />Of the 14 children born of Jonathan and Louvenia, two died in infancy, two in adulthood. The remaining 10, with 57 of their wives, husbands, sons, and daughters, attended a family reunion at Bixbee Park, Long Beach, September 5, 1938. On the 20th anniversary of that meeting I dug out my notes and with the aid of Aunt Emma's memory and her "Pa's" diary, assembled the data for this booklet.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I am unable to guarantee the accuracy of my information and I regret the absence of names and dates on the fourth generation, now fast growing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" eea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2012/12/amanuensis-monday-mckenney-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-8574839668420527860Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:54:00 +00002012-10-10T11:54:02.645-07:00Wordless Wednesday: 16 Aug 1899<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1P-ehq6ecE/UHXDnqG1pJI/AAAAAAAAASg/uISnuux93R4/s1600/16+Aug+1899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1P-ehq6ecE/UHXDnqG1pJI/AAAAAAAAASg/uISnuux93R4/s400/16+Aug+1899.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's labeled Aug. 16, 1899.&nbsp; I don't know who these people are... do you?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div><br />http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2012/10/wordless-wednesday-16-aug-1899.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-687758774750086415Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:32:00 +00002012-02-28T18:32:59.128-08:00McLaughlinThis is for you, MomMy mother called me a little earlier to tell me it was her mother's birthday today.&nbsp; She would have been 99 years old today.&nbsp; And my mother is the only person alive who knew that.&nbsp; (I don't count because I would have had to look it up.)&nbsp; So... this is for my mother, who is no longer alone in knowing that today is Grandma Alice's birthday, because now you know it too.<br /><br />I don't really remember her since she died in 1967.&nbsp; I was three.&nbsp; I have vague recollections of a white (or really light) piano, but that's about it.&nbsp; I've heard things from my mother, of course.&nbsp; I know she was one of fifteen children born to Clifford &amp; Emily McLaughlin.&nbsp; She was child number six, daughter number two.&nbsp; She was born in Steuben, Illinois and came to California to take care of an aunt.&nbsp; She&nbsp;got married on April 9th in Yuma, Arizona to Chester J. Doran.&nbsp;&nbsp;They lived (and died) in Colton, California.<br />﻿ ﻿<br />﻿ <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKHyY0R4vjc/T02FY_PLOLI/AAAAAAAAARA/mRBKXhs8zMI/s320/Alice+Doran.bmp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" uda="true" width="257" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice Wilda McLaughlin b. 28 Feb 1913</td></tr></tbody></table>﻿ <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sj6Xgvsffzw/T02GmignmKI/AAAAAAAAARI/odIRoh30uqM/s1600/Alice+&amp;+Charla+-+May+14,+1949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sj6Xgvsffzw/T02GmignmKI/AAAAAAAAARI/odIRoh30uqM/s320/Alice+&amp;+Charla+-+May+14,+1949.jpg" uda="true" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Grandma Alice and my mother in 1949</td></tr></tbody></table><br />﻿﻿ <br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>﻿﻿We're going out to dinner tonight to celebrate her birthday.&nbsp; After dinner, I'm calling Mom (who declined to go with us due to the weather) to ask her more about her mother.&nbsp; I want to know more than just names and dates.<br /><br />﻿ <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-24VZlaU_n1g/T02M2KhV-HI/AAAAAAAAARQ/JXpobssGWhg/s1600/Emily+Pheobe+MC+Laughlin+&amp;+baby+Alice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-24VZlaU_n1g/T02M2KhV-HI/AAAAAAAAARQ/JXpobssGWhg/s320/Emily+Pheobe+MC+Laughlin+&amp;+baby+Alice.jpg" uda="true" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Alice and her mother, Emily (Clifford) McLaughlin</td></tr></tbody></table>﻿ <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JzQ7J2vIOcQ/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/k8LkKtF5cXE/s1600/Signature.png" uda="true" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2012/02/this-is-for-you-mom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-3916568456289084472Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:26:00 +00002012-12-31T01:22:54.224-08:00Funeral Card FridayRosaFuneral Card Friday: William T Rosa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Egads!&nbsp; I just realized how long its been since I've touched my genealogy or this blog....&nbsp; I'm a tax preparer... can you tell when I get swamped?&nbsp; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So this post will be rather short and sweet... the funeral card for William T. Rosa, oldest son of James and Ruth Rosa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oU2BIH_imHA/TV82mwmXONI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/Bd2FWgw2UQI/s1600/William+T+Rosa+funeral.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oU2BIH_imHA/TV82mwmXONI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/Bd2FWgw2UQI/s640/William+T+Rosa+funeral.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="left">﻿</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-baFWMSDbcC0/Stqddo7JcTI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/AFiVD1aRSIM/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" j6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-baFWMSDbcC0/Stqddo7JcTI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/AFiVD1aRSIM/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2011/02/funeral-card-friday-william-t-rosa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-3940937939305891903Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:00:00 +00002010-12-01T08:00:10.964-08:00McCroskeyWordless WednesdayWordless Wednesday: McCroskey's on the Move<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TPS150TR1PI/AAAAAAAAAQs/1t2iKPimqxA/s1600/WC+McCroskey+family+on+the+move.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="337" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TPS150TR1PI/AAAAAAAAAQs/1t2iKPimqxA/s400/WC+McCroskey+family+on+the+move.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W. C. McCroskey family on the move</td></tr></tbody></table>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/12/wordless-wednesday-mccroskeys-on-move.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-7484551950449908793Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:00:00 +00002010-11-30T21:25:41.841-08:00PrewettTombstone TuesdayTombstone Tuesday: Jerry and Elsie (George) Prewett<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">We finally got picture's of Jerry and Elsie Prewett's gravestones!&nbsp; If you want more information about the Prewett's you can read about them <a href="http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/02/surname-saturday-prewett.html">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">﻿</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TPSywf1SuSI/AAAAAAAAAQk/AopxaCPN2_M/s1600/Jerry+Prewett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TPSywf1SuSI/AAAAAAAAAQk/AopxaCPN2_M/s400/Jerry+Prewett.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TPSzMhd2hqI/AAAAAAAAAQo/TjgocnaGAyo/s1600/Elsie+Prewett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TPSzMhd2hqI/AAAAAAAAAQo/TjgocnaGAyo/s400/Elsie+Prewett.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/11/tombstone-tuesday-jerry-and-elsie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-8568851117468095047Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:30:00 +00002010-11-05T13:30:56.965-07:00Funeral Card FridayMcCroskeyFuneral Card Friday: William James McCroskey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We recently upgraded our internet to Fios, so of course the tech guy had to have access to the computer... which meant I had to go through the piles of genealogy stuff on the desk and put them away properly.&nbsp; (I know!&nbsp; I know!&nbsp; I should have done that in the first place!)&nbsp; While putting things away, I ended up looking through my entire McCroskey folder.&nbsp;&nbsp;(You must admit, its far more enjoyable to allow yourself to get distracted and pour through your genealogical treasures than it is to put them all away!)&nbsp;&nbsp;While doing so, I ran across a&nbsp;portrait of William James McCroskey.&nbsp; I've written&nbsp;about him before -- in August&nbsp;I posted a biography found in one of my great-grandfather's notebooks with the above mentioned portrait﻿.&nbsp; It can be found <a href="http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/08/william-j-mccroskey.html">here</a> if you're interested.&nbsp; I also found his funeral card (which I knew I had) and his obituary (which I didn't realize I had) glued into another of A.J. Doran's notebooks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TNRQ0AgsIKI/AAAAAAAAAQY/YcHMFt5Zous/s1600/Funeral+Notice+-+WJ+McCroskey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TNRQ0AgsIKI/AAAAAAAAAQY/YcHMFt5Zous/s400/Funeral+Notice+-+WJ+McCroskey.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TNRYAbRqfYI/AAAAAAAAAQc/tL3seKL_iJ0/s1600/WJMcCroskey+obit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TNRYAbRqfYI/AAAAAAAAAQc/tL3seKL_iJ0/s400/WJMcCroskey+obit.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/11/funeral-card-friday-william-james.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-6811685483484162301Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:55:00 +00002010-10-30T14:57:48.433-07:00HalloweenSaturday Night Genealogy FunSNGF: What's Your Halloween Personality?&nbsp; <br />Randy Seaver at <a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #3366cc;">Genea-Musings</span></strong></a> has given us our mission for some&nbsp;Saturday Night&nbsp;Genealogy Fun.&nbsp;&nbsp;Obviously, I have decided to accept the mission.&nbsp; If you'd like to take the quiz too, just pop on over to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourhalloweenpersonalityquiz/">http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourhalloweenpersonalityquiz/</a> <br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">&nbsp; </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">According to this quiz, I&nbsp;See Halloween as Scary.&nbsp; Here's what it said about me:&nbsp;</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TMyKlUVuGrI/AAAAAAAAAQU/7f7xFC7z-iU/s1600/samhainfaerie.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 205px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 170px;"><img border="0" height="200" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TMyKlUVuGrI/AAAAAAAAAQU/7f7xFC7z-iU/s200/samhainfaerie.gif" width="162" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>You're a friendly person, but not the life of the party. You like making someone else's day - and you'll dress up if you think of a really fun costume.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>&nbsp; </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>You definitely think of yourself as someone who has a dark side. And part of having that dark side means not showing it.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>&nbsp; </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Your inner child is open minded, playful, and adventurous.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>&nbsp; </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>You fear people taking advantage for you. You are always worried about protecting your own interests.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>&nbsp; </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>You're prone to be quite emotional and over dramatic. Deep down, you enjoy being scared out of your mind... even if you don't admit it.</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>&nbsp; </em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>You are a total overachiever and workaholic. You're the type of person who plans their elaborate Halloween costume weeks in advance. </em></div><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/sngf-whats-your-halloween-personality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-3263884768328073615Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-10-25T08:00:01.048-07:00Amanuensis MondayDoranGublerMcCroskeyAmanuensis Monday: A Letter to A. J. Doran from Ora Gubler&nbsp; <br /><div style="text-align: right;">July 26, 1960</div><br />&nbsp; <br />Dear Mr Doran,<br />&nbsp; <br />I was so delighted to receive your fine letter and the excellent information on your mother’s family.<br />&nbsp; <br />I shall give you a little of the information I have obtained and perhaps it will be of interest to you if you don’t have it among your records.&nbsp; From the Patterson cemetery I got the following dates when I was a young girl.<br /><br /><blockquote>William B. McCroskey b. 13 Nov 1805 – died 18 Feb63<br />Matthew McCroskey born 1 Jan 1808 – died 12 Jan 1869<br />James Madison McCroskey born 13 Feb 1810 – died 19 Feb 1861 or 1864</blockquote><br />The stones are old but I managed to copy several dates.&nbsp; These three men were brothers and I have been trying to find out who their parents were, but I’m not successful so far.<br />&nbsp; <br />Recently Mrs. Agnes McCauley of Nixa, Missouri sent me the birth and death dates of her husband’s grandfather and Grandmother which is as follows.<br />&nbsp; <br />Margaret McCroskey born Oct 9, 1817, died Jan 26, 1894 wife of Frederic Hamilton McCauley who was born Nov 10, 1815. He died Jan 5 1894.<br />&nbsp; <br />Mrs. McCauley thinks this Margaret McCroskey is the daughter of your grandfather Matthew McCroskey who was born 1 January 1808.&nbsp; Now I think she was a <u>sister</u> to your grandfather instead of his daughter because your grandfather would have been only 9 years old when <strike>your</strike> this Margaret was born.&nbsp; According to the 1860 Census of Christian Co Missouri, your Aunt Margaret was born in or about 1835 and according to your letter your Aunt Margaret married Joe Meritt.<br />&nbsp; <br />I appreciated so much the names of your Mother’s brothers and sisters and the names of whom they married.&nbsp; I would love to have the names of the children of your parents and children of your Aunts and Uncles if you can give them to me.&nbsp; Also it is very important to have the name of the county and the state in which each was born.<br />&nbsp; <br />I am also going to include a copy of a Will of Matthew C. McCroskey of Sullivan, Co, Tennessee.&nbsp; His will was proven or probated August 5, 1867.&nbsp; It is on a separate sheet.&nbsp; Will you please read it and tell me if you have ever heard of him?&nbsp; Do you think he might be the father of your <strike>ancestor</strike> grandfather Matthew?&nbsp; Please note that he gave his sister Mary G Myers, all his personal and Real Estate and that <u>William M. McCroskey</u> was appointed executor of his will. <br />&nbsp; <br />Do you know the names of any other brothers or sisters of your grandfather Matthew McCroskey besides, William B. and James Madison McCroskey?<br />&nbsp; <br />Do you have any pictures, old Bibles or any stories which have been handed down through the family which might give any clue as to who were the parents of William B., Matthew and James Madison McCroskey?<br />&nbsp; <br />I would appreciate any names and addresses of other McCroskeys who might give me any additional information.<br />&nbsp; <br />Can you tell me if your grandfather Matthew was a minister?&nbsp; I’ve always heard of him as <u>Reverend Matthew</u>.&nbsp; But I have not been able to find any church records of his ministry.<br />&nbsp; <br />I’ll try to show below how I fit into the McCroskey picture.<br />&nbsp; <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Brothers {William B. McCroskey – Matthew McCroskey – James M. McCroskey</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ↓&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;↓</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Charlotta McCroskey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Matthew C. McCroskey</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;↓&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;↓</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A. J. Doran&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ←→&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Pearl McCroskey</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ↓</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ora Etta Hoffman</span><br />&nbsp; <br /><span style="color: red;">Notice that you are a second cousin to my mother Pearl McCroskey. You may remember her brothers Rudy, Eddie, and Felix McCroskey. My mother married Warren E. Hoffman who was my father. I married Darwin Gubler. We have seven children.</span><br />&nbsp; <br />I’m afraid my letter is too long. But I do appreciate your letter and hope to hear from you again.<br />&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sincerely your cousin,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ora Etta Gubler<br />&nbsp; <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><strong>Sullivan Co. Tenn. Wills 1830 – 1870</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Will of Mathew C. McCroskey</strong><sup>1</sup></div>&nbsp; <br />In the name of God Amen.&nbsp; – I Mathew C. McCroskey, being of Sound and disposing mind and memory, but weak in body, and knowing that it is appointed unto all men to die, to make, ordain and establish this as my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made.<br />&nbsp; <br />First – I give my soul to God to be disposed of according to his own pleasure – touching the worldly goods with which it has pleased God to bless me – I dispose of them as follows.<br />&nbsp; <br />First – I request my executors herein named, to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses out of any money I have on hand or that may be due me or that may come from the sale of my property, -- I require my said executor to see that I am buried in decent Christian like manner.<br />&nbsp; <br />Second – after the payments of my debts, I give and bequeath to my sister Mary G. Myers all my personal and real estate of every kind and description whatever.&nbsp; I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint William M. McCroskey my executor of this my last will and testament.<br />&nbsp; <br />In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal this 2nd day of Feb. 1867<br /><div style="text-align: right;">Mathew C. McCroskey </div>&nbsp; <br />Attest S. F. Johnson<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Keys<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; H. M. Targler<br /><div style="text-align: right;">Proven Aug. 5, 1867﻿</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><sup>1</sup> Page 68﻿</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: right;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/amanuensis-monday-letter-to-j-doran.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-698012902282585468Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:57:00 +00002010-10-20T18:57:54.565-07:00RosaWednesday's ChildWednesday's Child: Roy E Rosa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TL-Z8ZDG1DI/AAAAAAAAAQM/xnckADbyQWc/s1600/Roy+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TL-Z8ZDG1DI/AAAAAAAAAQM/xnckADbyQWc/s400/Roy+closeup.jpg" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken by Jami L. Berthiaume at the Indian Creek Cemetery in Hamburg, IL&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Roy Eldon Rosa, had he lived, would have been my Grandfather's oldest brother.&nbsp; He was the first-born of George Westly&nbsp;and Eva Jane (Hallett) Rosa.&nbsp; He was born Nov. 5, 1891 and died Jan. 30, 1892 at the tender age of two months and 25 days.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/wednesdays-child-roy-e-rosa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-5819158781279517294Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-10-18T15:35:49.838-07:00Amanuensis MondayDoranLowryAmanuensis Monday: Family Letters, Part Five<div align="right" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">&nbsp; <br /><blockquote><div align="right">April 10, 1936</div><div style="text-align: left;">﻿Dear Bro;</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; <br />I am sending you some material which I got from Mrs. Gibson of Emporia, Kan. about our ancestors.&nbsp; I am going to Wichita Falls, Texas to-morrow to visit Albert Crenshaw.&nbsp; Will stay over Sunday and come back Monday.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">We have had a very dry and cold spring.&nbsp; No rain to amount to anything since Jan. 1.&nbsp; We have an Easter vacation of five days.&nbsp; I am writing a few letters this morning and going to wash my car this afternoon.&nbsp; Let me hear from you when any news breaks loose in the old stamping ground.&nbsp; I got the young check.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; your Bro.﻿</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Uncle Fuller<br />&nbsp; </div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: right;">Hu﻿tchinson, Kansas</div><div style="text-align: right;">Feb. 29, 1932</div><div style="text-align: left;">﻿Dear Mrs. Gibson</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">Isn't your husband head of the English Department at the State Normal?&nbsp; I believe I studied English under professor Gibson during the summer of 1916, preparatory to securing my teachers certificate.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">Would surely enjoy meeting you in person.&nbsp; If nothing unforseen takes place, I hope to attend the conference&nbsp; at Abilene.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">I am decended from Alexander Doran, son of Robert Doran a native of Dublin Ireland.&nbsp; The former born June 2, 1760 in Pennsylvania, moving to Rockingham County, Virginia, then to North Caroline and later to Carter County now Johnson County, Tennessee.&nbsp; He married Elizabeth Lowry born 1757 in Washington county, Virginia, in 1781 -- (I know nothing further of her, but will try to get more information.&nbsp; My cousin, Mrs. E. L. McDade is historian for Tennessee, and National Committee of some kind and regent of Tennessee chapter in Mountain City, Tennessee.&nbsp; She can probably give me some information.)&nbsp; Continuing with Alexander Doran's history.&nbsp; He was an ensign in Battle of King's Mountain in Virginia line in 1780, died in 1814 in Carter county now Johnson county, Tennessee.&nbsp; Their daughter, Rebecca Doran born 1796 died 1870, was married in 1817 to Richard Donnelly, born in 1790, died 1870.&nbsp; Their daughter, Emoline Donnelly (my great grandmother) was born 1825, died 1900, married Roderick Randons Butler, born 1827, died 1902, Lieut. Colonel in Civil was in Federal Army from Tennessee (cousin of General Ben. H. Butler and U.S. Senator M.C. Butler of South Carolina.)&nbsp; The former was U.S. Congressman for years in the legislature for ten years all together.&nbsp; His father was George Butler, mother a Leach of Virginia.&nbsp; He was born in Wythe County, Virginia 1827, died 1902.&nbsp; Wish I could trace his history enough to get bar on that side.&nbsp; Their son, my grandfather, Richard Hugh Butler, born 1847 died 1929, married Anna Ingrahm, born 1849, is still living, in 1868.&nbsp; Their son, my father, Dr. James Clyde Butler, born 1871, died 1912, in 1895.&nbsp; Her mother, Florence Leoitia Wills was a Wills.&nbsp; I am in line for a bar on that side through Lewis Winsell, several of my cousins have joined through him.&nbsp; Don't know the national numbers at present.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">The history or war record of Alex. Doran will be found in Summers History of Southwest Virginia, page 854 - 857.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">Quite a number of my relatives in Tennessee have descended from Alexander Doran.&nbsp; Two of my Aunts, Inez and Dua Butler, national members 104171 and 160382 and I don't know the other numbers.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">If any of this information helps you, I shall be glad, and if I can help you any further I will be glad to do so, as I was born and reared in Mountain City and know all these people quite well.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;S﻿incerely yours,</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bonnie Lon Butler Fry</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Mrs. Fry)</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: right;">T﻿ulsa, Oklahoma</div><div style="text-align: right;">March 29, 1934</div><div style="text-align: left;">D﻿ear Mrs. Gibson;</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">I am trying to trace my husbands ancestors, and he is a descendant of Alexander Doran born in 1760.&nbsp; I am wondering if this is your ancestor also.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is what information and data I have gathered concerning this Alexander Doran.&nbsp; He was born in 1760 January 28, in Morris County, N.J.&nbsp; He enlisted as private in Captain Thomas Reading's company in March 1776.&nbsp; In 1781 he and his father moved to Hampshire County, Virginia.&nbsp; In 1836 he resided in neighborhood of Hanging Rock, Va.&nbsp; He married Sarah Reed in 1791, but I can find no records for her, and&nbsp;believe she died soon after their marriage.&nbsp; He had a son Joseph Doran who married Luce Fry in 1827.&nbsp; Joseph and Lucy Fry Doran had son Benjamin Franklin Doran who married Lucy Daniels.&nbsp; Their daughter Lula Doran is my husband's mother.&nbsp; I notice in my record's where Elizabeth Doran, daughter of Alexander Doran married a Joseph Smith, and you have in your record that Elizabeth Doran married a Caleb Smith.&nbsp; I feel sure these lines are the same.&nbsp; I do not know where Alexander Doran was buried.&nbsp; There is a possibility that this Alexander married Sarah Reed first, then your Elizabeth Lowry.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">I would be very happy to learn who the father of Alexander was and more about his ancestors.&nbsp; We have in our family and old Bible from which I have dates of all Alexander's children and marriages which followed.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">I myself am a DeHaven descendant, and if you are a descendant of Updegraft there is an all probability a mutual relationship between you and as well as my husband.&nbsp; Do you have any DeHavens records?&nbsp; I am only able&nbsp;to trace back to Edward DeHaven born 1757 in Montgomery City, Pa.&nbsp; He married Rebecca Johnson of Breckenridge County, Ky.&nbsp; I have a wealth of material concerning the first two generations of DeHavens, Inderhaven, Updegrave and&nbsp;Updegraft; but am unable to connect my Edward DeHaven.&nbsp; He was probably the grandson of Peter and Sidonia Levering DeHaven, making Jacob Updegraft his uncle.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">I could go on indefinately about my lines, but it is the Doran lineage I am anxious to establish.</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: left;">Hoping to hear from you in the near future, I am</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;yours sincerely,</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mrs. E. F. James</div><div style="text-align: left;">P.S.&nbsp; There is a William Doran still living in Bunceton, Missouri, </div><div style="text-align: left;">4147 South Norfolk</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tusa, Oklahoma</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; </div></blockquote></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: right;">Emporia, Kansas</div><div style="text-align: right;">March 19, 1936</div><div style="text-align: left;">My dear Mr. Doran;</div><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; <br />You were kind and considerate to write me, not to send you duplicate data.&nbsp; I am, however, enclosing some letters and should like to have you read them and see whether you can straighten the Alexanders out.&nbsp; I felt that they must be two different menmen but it is surely confusing the way facts pertaining to our Alexander are a part of the life of the other.&nbsp; I do not see how our Alexander could have served in Washington's staff, or lived in W. Va.&nbsp; Several years ago I wrote again to Paul Doran asking him to give his version of the truths of the matter, but had no reply.<br />&nbsp; <br />I am hoping to have a chance to spend time enough in Topeka to copy all the Lowry and Doran data in the Annals of Southwest Virginia, -- I had so little time before, just enough to get a part of the Doran data. &nbsp;I found that it&nbsp;is very inadaquately indexed and that means going through all of it and spending much time.<br />&nbsp; <br />Some years ago I had the complete text of John Lowry's will copied by the clerk in Staunton and am enclosing a typed copy since you may not have it.&nbsp; I have tried to copy it exactly as sent to me but wonder if some of the spelling is not due to mistakes in typing.&nbsp; In a note accompanying the copy of the will, the clerk stared that the land mentioned in the will was part of the great Borden tract and was situated in the present Rockbridge county -- taken from Augusta Co. in 1778.<br />&nbsp; <br />If you ever pass through here, I hope that you will arrange to stop.&nbsp; We should have some interesting subjects in discussion.<br />&nbsp; <br />Please return the letters at your leisure.&nbsp; Keep the copy of the will.&nbsp; I have had inquiries of a Peter Doran, of Shirkshinny, Luzeren County, Penn. abt 1840 to 1845, but know nothing of him.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sincerely,<br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lula Gibson</div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" /></a></div></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/amanuensis-monday-family-letters-part_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-2847575780450747873Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:38:00 +00002010-10-15T13:38:01.858-07:00DoranFuneral Card Fridayfuneral cardsMcCroskeyStroudFuneral Card Friday: Mr. & Mrs. (& Mrs.) A. J. Doran<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">&nbsp; </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Alexander Judd Doran (my great grandfather):</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi1G67FYLI/AAAAAAAAAPU/V5xU-0L8fy0/s1600/Funeral+Notice+-+AJ+Doran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi1G67FYLI/AAAAAAAAAPU/V5xU-0L8fy0/s320/Funeral+Notice+-+AJ+Doran.jpg" width="185" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi3NmO-cUI/AAAAAAAAAPk/oBzUb3CUHlw/s1600/Obit+of+Alexander+Judd+Doran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi3NmO-cUI/AAAAAAAAAPk/oBzUb3CUHlw/s320/Obit+of+Alexander+Judd+Doran.jpg" width="174" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">His first wife, Lillian Francis Stroud:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi3Z0jY0cI/AAAAAAAAAPo/Nh8EvjonGjs/s1600/Obit+of+Lillian+Doran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi3Z0jY0cI/AAAAAAAAAPo/Nh8EvjonGjs/s320/Obit+of+Lillian+Doran.jpg" width="151" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi1MVEc2oI/AAAAAAAAAPY/LdEsSMvOWQ4/s1600/Lillian+Doran+funeral+notice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi1MVEc2oI/AAAAAAAAAPY/LdEsSMvOWQ4/s320/Lillian+Doran+funeral+notice.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">His second wife, Virginia Vandalia McCroskey:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi1f0hUvjI/AAAAAAAAAPc/kDFiXSSzYCg/s1600/Vannie+funeral+notice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi1f0hUvjI/AAAAAAAAAPc/kDFiXSSzYCg/s320/Vannie+funeral+notice.jpg" width="220" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi3BEvSfEI/AAAAAAAAAPg/oHVgodlVmbI/s1600/Obit+of+Vannie+McCroskey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TLi3BEvSfEI/AAAAAAAAAPg/oHVgodlVmbI/s320/Obit+of+Vannie+McCroskey.jpg" width="137" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">All of whom I've written about before﻿... so this will be a fairly silent Friday.&nbsp; Have a great week-end!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" /></a>﻿</div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/funeral-card-friday-mr-mrs-mrs-j-doran.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-8620941405125088615Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-10-11T08:00:06.142-07:00Amanuensis MondayDoranLowryAmanuensis Monday: Family Letters, Part Four<div align="right"><blockquote><div align="right"><div style="text-align: left;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </div>Sparta Tenn</div><div align="right">Aug 11, 1932</div><div style="text-align: left;">﻿My Dear Mrs. Gibson,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Your letter of August 6 is very interesting to me.&nbsp; It seems very probable that we have a common ancestor, though some of the dates and facts given in your letter are bit hard to reconcile with the records, partly traditions which I have.&nbsp; I am a descendant from Robert Alexander Doran who settled in Hampshire County Va. in 1742 or 43.&nbsp; He came from County Donegal, Ireland, in 1741 and lived for a year or two in New Jersey near Englishtown.&nbsp; Not liking life there, he came to Va. and settled in Hampshire Co. now West Va.&nbsp; There he reared a family and died there.&nbsp; His wife, according to the record I have, was Sarah Elizabeth Reed.&nbsp; To this union was born among others William and Alexander.&nbsp; I mention Alexander because this is the one in whom you are interested.&nbsp; I am a decendant from William.&nbsp; This Alexander was born about 1760-5.&nbsp; At 14 or 15 he entered the Revolutionary army under general washington as a teamster, drawing a munitions wagon.&nbsp; He was cited for bravery under fire was personally commended by Washington.&nbsp; After the war closed he was an overseer of part of the fairfax estates and after Washington's death he came into posession of part of the land.&nbsp; Robert Alexander Doran was a man about 50 when the war started and served on Washingtons staff; it is easy to see how his son should attract the attention of the General.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Alexander married Elizabeth daughter of John Lowry.&nbsp; Ther children were William, Joseph, John, James, Peter, Elizabeth, Alexander.&nbsp; Joseph settled at Sedan Va. and reared a family and afterwards moved to Ohio.&nbsp; John settled at Blacklick, Ohio&nbsp;where some of his descendants still live.&nbsp; James also went to Ohio but I know nothing of him.&nbsp; Peter never married.&nbsp; Elizabeth married Joseph Caleb Smith and reared a family in Va. where many of her descendants still live.&nbsp; Alexander was drowned in north River when he was just a young man not married.&nbsp; William married Hannah Guard and rered a large family some of whom went to Ohio while Dave &amp; Sam went to Cloud County Kansas.&nbsp; I know nothing further about the children Alexander and I suppose you would not be interested in the family of William.&nbsp; I might tell you however, that William also Served through the Revolution and was given a grant of land.&nbsp; 1,000 acres in the Cherokee nation in what is now Overton County Tenn.&nbsp; He reared a family of twelve and two daughters Mary and Elizabeth.&nbsp; Mary married firs a man named Carter after whom Carter County Tenn. was named.&nbsp; He died leaving one son and later she married a man named Lawry Silas and Ambrose.&nbsp; twins the youngest children of William Doran were the first to use steam in industry west of the mountains.&nbsp; My father, Marrion, was the oldest son of Silas and will be 93 next birth day.&nbsp; He is living now in retirement.&nbsp; He was a doctor by profession and was also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, the ancestral church of the Dorans.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A few years ago I spent five weeks in Ireland and while there I saw Sir Henry Doran who ownes the large ancestral estate of the Dorans in Donegal.&nbsp; He was at that time a member of the Irish senate and one of the most influential men in Ireland.&nbsp; You probably know that the house of Doran is one of the oldest of irish nobility.&nbsp; The Dorans reigned in Donegal when there were petty kings in Ireland, in the eighth century.&nbsp; While I was in Ireland I was shown much respect every where as soon as my name was known.&nbsp; At Belfast at the assembly where I spoke the clerk told me that nothing had happened in Ireland in more than a thousand years in which the Dorans had not had part.&nbsp; The reigning Earl in Donegal at the time of the Reformation was the first to sign the Irish Covenant in his blood since which time Dorans have been Presbyterian, except for a few strays in this country who have joined other churches.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It sees very improbable that the name Doran has any connection with Drogheada.&nbsp; It is a common in all the Gallic lands, in Ireland, Scotland, North Emgland, France, and even in the Gallic parts of Spain.&nbsp; But our family is Irish.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I trust I have given you some information that will be helpful to you.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sincerely,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Paul E. Doran</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Personally, I think we have two different Alexander's being mixed up with one another... too many names etc just don't match up.&nbsp; My Alexander did marry Elizabeth Lowry, but his parents were James Doran and Margaret Gordon and they stayed in Washington Co., Virginia untill they moved to Johnson Co., Tennessee.&nbsp; Different parents, different kids... different Alexanders.&nbsp; </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img border="0" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/StZeXu0eiTI/AAAAAAAAADo/LX9xEvPnMLo/s1600/Signature.png" /></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/amanuensis-monday-family-letters-part_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-4015076880301499413Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:00:00 +00002010-10-04T09:00:00.873-07:00Amanuensis MondayDoranLowryAmanuensis Monday: Family Letters, Part Three&nbsp; <br /><blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: right;">Dec. 7, 1935</div>Dear Mr. Morris,<br /><br />I have your letter of the 4th and in this letter you say that what you want to know is the parents of Robert Lowery Doran and Betsy Doran, who was a daughter of Robert Lowry.<br /><br />Robert Lowery Doran was the son of Alexander Doran and Elizabeth Lowry.&nbsp; Robert Lowery Doran was married on May 19th 1812 to Betsy Lowry, a daughter of John Lowry (I believe).&nbsp; He was an officer in the Revolution, a decendant of Col. John Lowry of Cromwells army.&nbsp; Alexander Doran was born presumably in Virginia in 1760 and died in 1814 in Johnson County Tennessee.&nbsp; Alexander was an ensign in the Continental Army and was at the battle of Kings Mountain, 1780.&nbsp; Alexander Doran was the son of James Doran Revolutionary soldier whose will was probated in our court on the 17th of December 1799, and James Doran left the following Children Peggy Doran, William Doran, James Doran and Alexander Doran.<br /><br />Robert Lowery in the Revolution from Virginia.&nbsp; Robert Lowery Doran and his wife on the last day of September 1853 sold and conveyed the last of their lands in this county and I suppose emigrated.&nbsp; No finer people ever lived in this part of the world than the Doran Lowry people.&nbsp; Miss Rebecca Hope of Abingdon Va. can give you much information.&nbsp; She is of this family.<br /><br />Yours truly,<br />L.P. Summers</blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div>You can tell from this that the old reprobate is satisfied that we have two Doran Revolutors, one of them an ensign -- no less -- which in them days in army service rated along second looeys of today.&nbsp; That battle of Kings Mountain was fit by a motley horde of frontiersmen who went horsing over the hill.&nbsp; Just for the occasion one might say, and went on home when the job was done.<br /><br />Well, I am writing Miss Rebecca Hope forwith and hoping she is not ascrewy as her fellow townsman.&nbsp; I don't believe there would be room even in New York City for two like him.&nbsp; There is no doubt in my mind that we are simply putrid with ancestors.&nbsp; Pat ok again.&nbsp; <br /><br />Much love,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Your Royal Kinsman the Sultan of Goulash.<br /><br />I shall let you know when Mr. Summers of Abingdon finds more.&nbsp; Yours truly,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B.M. Morris, Springfield Newspaper Inc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Springfield, Mo.<br /><br />B.M. Morris is a son of Laura Doran.&nbsp; Robert Doran was her father.&nbsp; Corner of Maine &amp; Center St Springfield Mo</blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJfyLMVRQLI/AAAAAAAAAO0/gYd9tGvCcdc/s1600/Stachia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJfyLMVRQLI/AAAAAAAAAO0/gYd9tGvCcdc/s320/Stachia.jpg" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/10/amanuensis-monday-family-letters-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-3045025648162227818Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-09-27T08:00:07.246-07:00Amanuensis MondayDoranLowryAmanuenses Monday: Family Letters, Part Two&nbsp; <br /><blockquote>My Dear Mr. Morris,<br /><br />Your letter reached me some time ago.&nbsp; All of Jan and first part of Feb. I was so busy preparing for two club programs that it seemed impossible to attend to anything but strictly necessary corespondence.&nbsp; Since hearing from you I have had a letter of inquiry from Mrs. Shupe of Denton Kan. who says she is your cousin.&nbsp; I am writing to her tonight.&nbsp; Also my typewriter is so much out of order and I feel I owe you an apology to&nbsp; [illegible] for writing to them in longhand.&nbsp; I hope you will not find it completely unintelligible.&nbsp; Some years ago Clinton Elmer Smith of Elizabethton Tenn. sent me the Doran data and I joined the DAR.&nbsp; Alexander has a number of descendents in the organization.&nbsp; He served also in the War of 1812 as major, I am told.&nbsp; The list of his children as sent there is as follows.<br />James born Jan. 1, 1782 not married<br />Margaret B. 1783 m. James Keys<br />Elizabeth B. July 22, 1785 m. Caleb Smith (my great parents)<br />Robert Lowry B. July 19, 1786 m. Betty Lowry<br />Nancy Gordon B. Sep 17, 1789 m. Ezekiel Smith<br />Jennett B. Sept. 11, 1791 m. John Ward<br />William B. July 25, 1793 m. Elizabeth Wilson<br />Rebecca B. Sept 9, 1796 m. Richard Donnelly<br />John Lowry B. May 26, 1799 not married<br />In a list of children sent by another descendant some years ago all the above were named but some dates varried.&nbsp; Robert was given as born in 1784.<br /><br />Last fall I was at&nbsp;the state historical library in Topeka a part of a day.&nbsp; They had the new book Annals of Virginia.&nbsp; (I have a copy of the History of Southwest Va. by Summers.&nbsp; I found references to the will of James mentioning wife Margaret and son Alexander as the only heirs.&nbsp; I had no time to look for Lowry data but some one wrote me a few months ago that John Lowry is the son of William, I believe.&nbsp; I have such a lot of notes on the various John Lowrys.&nbsp; Two of them lived in Augusta county Va. in the same vicinity.&nbsp; Came there during the 1749s or there abouts.&nbsp; Ours died in 1761-2.&nbsp; I have a copy of his will which I can send to you if you want it) and the other John did not die until some years later.&nbsp; As I said I have so many Genealogical notes and have not had the time to get them in accessible files -- as I hope to do sometime.&nbsp; At one time, I had all the details fairly well in mind but for the last several years I have been so busy with other things and have not kept up on this hence it is a good deal of trouble to look up all the various items.&nbsp; I have referred to the references to the wills in chalkleys records -- vol 3. p. 69 -- will of John Lowry Nov. 26, 1761.&nbsp; Executors wife Elizabeth.&nbsp; David &amp; James = daughters Rebecca, Janett, and Elizabeth (this is the Elizabeth who married Alex Doran) she was B. 1758.&nbsp; This will was probated May 18, 1762.&nbsp; Other notes states that James left children Peggy, William, James &amp; Alex.&nbsp; Can the list of children you have be those of his son John?&nbsp; He married Dorcas Mongomery during the 1717's sometime.&nbsp; However I am quite sure he died before 1880.&nbsp; He removed to Abingdon became an atorney I think and has prominent descendants in the South.&nbsp; I believe Robert Edmondston Lowry was one of them.&nbsp; I am sure that I have a partial list of his children somewhere and do not believe it agrees with your list.<br /><br />Then the other John that I have from the Augusta County records made his will May 26, 1770 mentions wife Jean, sons Melvin or Martin, Patrick and John and son in law Samuell Todd.&nbsp; His will was probated June 19, 1770.&nbsp; A John Hamilton of Newcastle County, Penn. left land to John Lowry deed dated June 7, 1749 mentions "bond by John to have his wife execute release of dower in above" -- Probated Nov. 27, 1750.&nbsp; I would should like to know which of the John Lowry's this refers.&nbsp; The name of Hamilton as well as Gordon, Campbell and Russell have been used a good deal among descendants of our John and I have wondered if his wife could have been Elizabeth Hamilton.&nbsp; Do you know the name James Dorans wife Margaret.&nbsp; I have a copy of the will of David Lowry&nbsp; the son of our John he died in washington co. Va.&nbsp; His will was made May 1, 1827.&nbsp; He mentions as his brothers sisters those mentioned in his fathers will and leaves his property to them also to nephews and nieces.&nbsp; He had a fairly large estate about a dozen slaves etc.<br /><br />I am trying to trace [illegible] Smiths too Jarvis Smith of Walkers county North Carolina the father of Caleb who married Elizabeth Doran.&nbsp; I have some different data in Mrs. Shupes letter, perhaps you can exchange.&nbsp; I have more data on Alex Doran not much detail of John Lowry.&nbsp; This is a scrappy letter and may not contain much that you want.&nbsp; If you have only a little data I can send more details.&nbsp; I hope you will write me again<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lulu Gibson<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mrs. Franklin L. Gibson<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 801 West 12th Avenue<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Empora Kansas<br /><br />Copyed by Lowery A Doran</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJfqT_XNZ8I/AAAAAAAAAOs/BbBVB258pL8/s1600/Stachia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJfqT_XNZ8I/AAAAAAAAAOs/BbBVB258pL8/s320/Stachia.jpg" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/09/amanuenses-monday-family-letters-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-3528021271612790567Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:44:00 +00002010-09-21T07:44:45.618-07:00Tuesday's TipTuesday's Tip: Finding Frank&nbsp; <br />Sometimes its a little scary how quickly we can find things on the internet.&nbsp; I was having an online conversation with a friend, Link, in Florida.&nbsp; He had mentioned that he had always wanted to get into genealogy, but didn't really know where to start.&nbsp; <br /><br />"That's easy!" I said, "Start with what you know."&nbsp; What he knew was his grandfather's name, Frank Stizo, and that he was born in Italy.&nbsp; <br /><br />I was already on Ancestry.com, so I did a quick search.&nbsp; As I mentioned, Link lives in Florida.&nbsp; I wasn't finding any results in Florida.&nbsp; Looking at what&nbsp;popped up, I asked "Did you ever live in New Jersey?"<br /><br />Link was stunned.&nbsp; "I grew up there!&nbsp; In Rahway."&nbsp; I had found Link's grandfather, Frank, with his wife,&nbsp;Matilda, and four children -- including Link's father -- on the 1920 census.<br /><br />I also found the World War I Draft registration that provided an exact birthdate, November 18, 1888, and listed Andretta, Italy as his birthplace.&nbsp; Cool!&nbsp; What Link found fascinating was the description; his grandfather was of medium height, considered stout, and had light grey eyes and black hair.&nbsp; He had no idea that draft records could provide you with that much information.<br /><br />"Wow!&nbsp; You are good!"&nbsp; I appreciated the complement, but I hadn't done any digging yet.&nbsp; I'd gotten that within five minutes.&nbsp; That was just luck.<br /><br />A few days later with a little digging, and armed with a little more information provided by his sister, I soon found Frank on the 1910 census living with <em>his</em> parents, Pasquale and Antonia.&nbsp; I also found&nbsp;a&nbsp;manifest showing that he entered the United States through the Port of New York and that his final destination was New Rochelle, New Jersey, to join his brother-in-law.&nbsp; He was in good health, could read,&nbsp;and had $8 in his pocket.<br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Trust me, you don't always find that much so quickly, but you should never let what <em>don't</em> know keep you from starting!&nbsp; Start with what you know, and work back from that.&nbsp; And don't forget to ask your family what they know, too... their tidbits plus your tidbits will eventually turn into a breadcrumb trail that's worth following.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJVSfAb1daI/AAAAAAAAAOc/g1zU6m4WOwY/s1600/Stachia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJVSfAb1daI/AAAAAAAAAOc/g1zU6m4WOwY/s320/Stachia.jpg" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/09/tuesdays-tip-finding-frank.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-5046326443668541146Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +00002010-09-20T09:00:03.998-07:00DoranLowryAmanuensis Monday: Family Letters, Part One&nbsp; <br /><blockquote style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: right;">Empora Kan</div><div style="text-align: right;">Feb 19, 1936</div><div style="text-align: left;">﻿</div><div style="text-align: left;">My Dear Mrs. Shupe;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It is a pleasure to have a letter of inquiry from some one we can help.&nbsp; I have a good many from people with questions that I know nothing about.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">According to the record of the children of Alexander Doran sent to me many years ago by Clynton Elmer Smith of Elizabethton, Tenn. also a descendant.&nbsp; Robert Lowery Doran was one of his sons.&nbsp; Here is the list as he sent it.&nbsp; (the interpolations are mine)</div><div style="text-align: left;">(1)&nbsp; James born Jan 1, 1782 unmarried</div><div style="text-align: left;">(2)&nbsp; Margaret B. 1783 married James Keys</div><div style="text-align: left;">(3)&nbsp; Elizabeth B. July 22, 1785 m. Caleb Smith and lived in and near Elizabethton (my Great Grandparents)</div><div style="text-align: left;">(4)&nbsp; Robert Lowery B. July 19, 1786 m. Betsy Lowery</div><div style="text-align: left;">(5)&nbsp; Nancy Gordon B. Sept. 17, 1789 m. Ezekiel Smith</div><div style="text-align: left;">(6)&nbsp; Jannett B. Sept. 11, 1791 m. John Ward</div><div style="text-align: left;">(7) William B. July 25, 1793 m. Elizabeth Wilson</div><div style="text-align: left;">(8)&nbsp; Rebecca B. Sept. 9, 1796 m. Richard Donnelly (I have correspondence with Mrs. Lou Hendreickson of Elizabethton a decendant of this line)</div><div style="text-align: left;">(9)&nbsp; John Lowery B. May 26, 1799 not married</div><div style="text-align: left;">(Both Dorans and Lowrys were strict Presbyterians)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Alexander Doran was the son of James Doran, both of them served in the Revolution.&nbsp; If you are interested in the D.A.R., my first&nbsp;D.A.R. paper is through the service of Alexander.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They settled&nbsp;in Washington county Virginia, evidently not far from Abington, at a place called Wolf Hill.&nbsp; However, I believe that was an early name of the site Abington.&nbsp; James took 268 acres of land on wolf creek in 1774, and Alexander took 105 acres at the head of Cane Brake Springs Iron Mountain probably in the same year.&nbsp; Both of them served Kings Mountain in 1776.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">James took part in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Alexander also served in the war of 1812.&nbsp; was major.&nbsp; I have been told, but I have no definate information.&nbsp; It could be obtained I think for I understood that Mrs. Hendreickson was a member of the daughters of 1812 through his service.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Some relatives say that the Dorans came to Virginia from pennsylvania but others think they been in Virginia for several generations in the eastern part.&nbsp; Alexander is said to have been born 1760 and he died in 1815, I believe, or 1814.&nbsp;&nbsp;According to my records he was born June 2, 1760.&nbsp; He married about 1780.&nbsp; Elizabeth Lowry B. April 28, 1761.&nbsp; According to my notes of James Doran's will, his wife was Margaret and Alexander the only other heir named.&nbsp; I took these notes hastily and must check on them when I get back to Topeka sometime for I see I have the will dated Nov. 7, 1799 and probated Dec. 17, 1779.&nbsp; I have found additional data which states that James Doran's children were Peggy, William, James and Alexander.&nbsp; I believe 1799 is correct probably for the year, for I have several notes on James later than 1779.&nbsp; One reference gives his wifes name as Mary but that might be used for Margaret, I should think.<br /><br />I have a copy of the will of John Lowry, and not long ago one of decendants wrote me that he is the son of William Lowry.<br /><br />A new book of records has been published recently.&nbsp; I found it in Topeka last fall.&nbsp; That is where I found James Doran references.&nbsp; I had no time to look for Lowry references but hope to do that the next time I am there.&nbsp; You speak of having someone in Abington looking for records.&nbsp; I hope it isn't L. P. Summers, he has been a lawyer there and published the history of south west Virginia and lately the book of records mentioned above, <u>Annals of South West Virginia</u>.&nbsp; Years ago when I was trying to trace the families I wrote to him.&nbsp; He told me that he would look for records for me if I would send him a fee (a large one for me to pay).&nbsp; I sent it never dreaming he would not prove dependable.&nbsp; I waited a year or so and wrote him.&nbsp; He replied saying that he had merely neglected it and would attend to it later.&nbsp; I waited another year or so and wrote him again.&nbsp; The time he replied stating and told him so, but was never able to get anything of any kind from him.&nbsp; I was thouroughly exasperated but didn't know what to do and had to let it go as a disagreable experience.&nbsp; I surely hope that you fare better.<br /><br />If you have access to the Annals of South West Virginia, I believe you can find all you need perhaps about all there is on record.&nbsp; I have a history of Southwest Virginia but it is not so many records it has more history.&nbsp; If you want to prove on James Doran in the D.A.R. I can send necessary references, I have not yet, although I hope to some day when I have time to get the necessary papers ready for D.A.R. service for Alexander refer to the history of South West Virginia by L.P. Summers p857.&nbsp; My national number is 152,530 -- he has a number of descendants in the organization.&nbsp; A marker was put for him on or near his grave by the Mountain City Chapter D.A.R.&nbsp; About 1800 he removed with his family to what is Johnson Co. Tenn -- and he is buried near Shoun or Shouns.&nbsp; The D.A.R. magazine for June 1937 gives a brief account&nbsp; of the ceremonies and a picture of the monument.&nbsp; If there is anything else I can do for you write me again.&nbsp; I have been registrar of our D.A.R here for 11 years but intend to out this spring.&nbsp; My typewriter is out of order and my writing is so poor especially I hurry.&nbsp; I have been so busy and have neglected correspondence and now I have so much to try to get off my mind.&nbsp; I shall hope to hear again.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lulu Purdy Gibson<br /><br />Do you have data of connection with Cambell Hamilton Gordon and Russell families?&nbsp; These names were used among descendants.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lula Gibson</div></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJb7DCLDCdI/AAAAAAAAAOk/3SQ-_hY2mb8/s1600/Stachia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJb7DCLDCdI/AAAAAAAAAOk/3SQ-_hY2mb8/s320/Stachia.jpg" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/09/amanuensis-monday-family-letters-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-6743124285425823579Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:04:00 +00002010-10-15T13:06:38.904-07:00ElliottFuneral Card Fridayfuneral cardsFuneral Card Friday: Benana Elliott<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp; </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Benana (Elliott) McCroskey&nbsp;is a darn difficult woman to find!&nbsp;&nbsp;All I have are tantalizing tidbits.&nbsp; I have a funeral notice...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJO_CiX3JwI/AAAAAAAAAOE/zi2t9t0X1xM/s1600/Funeral+Notice+-+Benanna+(Elliott)+McCroskey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJO_CiX3JwI/AAAAAAAAAOE/zi2t9t0X1xM/s400/Funeral+Notice+-+Benanna+(Elliott)+McCroskey.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I have an obituary...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJO_GSt-lKI/AAAAAAAAAOM/bvxrrVfbz68/s1600/Obit+of+Benanna+McCroskey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" qx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJO_GSt-lKI/AAAAAAAAAOM/bvxrrVfbz68/s640/Obit+of+Benanna+McCroskey.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">which I admit is really more than tidbits.&nbsp; The tantalizing tidbits are actually found&nbsp;in one of Alexander Judd Doran's notebooks.&nbsp; It simply states:</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Benana Elliott Parents names. Father Benjamin Elliott. </div><br />Her mother was Angeline Crenshaw. <br />Benjamin Elliott died about Feb 1846<br />Angeline died 1864<br /><br />While Benana Elliott was in a Federal prison in Marshall Mo Saline Co. She was 18 yrs old she never got to go to her mothers funeral. A negro slave came to the prison and told her that her mother was dead.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">What?!&nbsp; Federal prison?!&nbsp; At 18?!&nbsp; Where??&nbsp; And for what??&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't have the faintest idea.&nbsp; I don't even know where to start.&nbsp; Benana&nbsp;(Elliott) McCroskey is a darn difficult woman to find!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJPIT29FYQI/AAAAAAAAAOU/WAO47UAebSE/s1600/Stachia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJPIT29FYQI/AAAAAAAAAOU/WAO47UAebSE/s320/Stachia.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><img height="96" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJO_GSt-lKI/AAAAAAAAAOM/bvxrrVfbz68/s320/Obit+of+Benanna+McCroskey.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 453px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 224px; visibility: hidden;" width="27" />http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/09/funeral-card-friday-benana-elliott.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-5296089281500921438Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:41:00 +00002010-09-15T17:41:46.266-07:00IllinoisMcLaughlinWordless Wednesday(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Sparland 1st & 2nd Grades 1926&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJFkop2CsSI/AAAAAAAAAN0/IDVz2t07WdU/s1600/0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" qx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJFkop2CsSI/AAAAAAAAAN0/IDVz2t07WdU/s400/0012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Back row:</strong> <strong>Emily McLaughlin</strong>, Wayne Gryness, Richard Fleming, unknown, Jean van Antwerpt, Milfred Beck, Duane Siebold, Alice Self, <strong>Trella McLaughlin</strong>, Lucille Kineaid, unknown, Junior Frisbey</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">&nbsp; </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Second row:</strong> Delores Anderson, Wanda Bean,&nbsp;__________&nbsp;Dennis?, unknown, Thelma Anderson, unknown, unknown, Alice Dorris, Hester White, Elizabeth Beaver</span></em><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>First row:</strong> Joseph Neesonger,&nbsp;__________&nbsp;Grimes, unknown, Wordford Griswold, unknown, Paul Neesonger, Donald Stenfeld,&nbsp;__________&nbsp;Dennis, Dean Pribble, unknown, Robert Ingram, John Hawk, Donald Fleming</span></em><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJFnqshnngI/AAAAAAAAAN8/w6nBe5ND3J0/s1600/Stachia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TJFnqshnngI/AAAAAAAAAN8/w6nBe5ND3J0/s320/Stachia.jpg" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/09/almost-wordless-wednesday-sparland-1st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-5486285884037165453Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:24:00 +00002010-09-13T16:24:12.469-07:00Amanuensis MondayDoranJuddAmanuensis Monday: the Memorandum Sketches&nbsp; <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Biographical Sketch of the Doran family</strong></div>&nbsp; &nbsp; <br />The name is of Scotch, Irish and French origin:<br />&nbsp; <br />Robert L. Doran was born in Virginia about 1790, and Elizabeth Lowry was born in Virginia about 1792.<br />&nbsp; <br />The parents of Robert L. Doran came to America from near Dunshamflin Ireland, and the parents of Elizabeth Lowry came to America from Scotland. Robert L. Doran and Elizabeth Lowry were married in Virginia about 1812. The children born to them were as follows:<br />Malinda, born in 1813 and never married.<br />Alexander born April 29, 1815 married Delphia Marilla Judd, Dec 26th, 1838.<br />James L. born about 1817 married Jane E. Conn, <sup>1</sup><br />Margaret born 1819 and married Josiah Leedy<br />William C. born 1821 married Ellen Leedy<br />Miranda born 1823 married Addison King<br />Nancy born 1825 married Samuel Maiden.<br />Jane born 1827 never married.<br />John H born 1829 married Jane Mitchell.<br />Robert C. born 1831 married Virginia Manning.<br />All the members of this large family lived to be much past middle age and all<sup>2</sup> the two that never married raised rather large families of children. The father of Robert L. Doran was born in Ireland and it is said, was a general in the Florida war.<br />&nbsp; <br />Robert L. Doran was the owner of more than twenty slaves and set them free in 1852 for the reason that he did not believe in slavery. This Doran family<sup>3</sup> were nearly all members of the Southern Methodist Church.<br />&nbsp; <br />The Doran family have been and are now a strictly loyal and law abiding people and no one of them has ever been convicted of a criminal offense.<br />&nbsp; <br />Robert L. and Elizabeth Doran emigrated from Washington County, Virginia to Greene County Missouri in 1854 and resided on a farm eight miles South of Springfield Mo; until each had attained the age of 81 or 82 years.<sup>4</sup> They and the two unmarried daughters are buried on said farm which is now owned by Mr.<sup>5</sup> Plank.<br />&nbsp; <br />Alex and Delphia Marilla Doran are also buried on this said farm.<br />&nbsp; <br />When this farm was sold from the Doran family, a plot of ground (about ⅓ acre) amply covering the graves of the Dorans buried there, was reserved to the Doran families.<sup>6</sup><br />&nbsp; <br />The author of this sketch is William Penn Doran a son of Alexander and Delphia Marilla Doran born Dec. 26, 1842.<br />&nbsp; <br /><em>The next two pages are blank</em><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Biographical Sketch of the Judd family</strong></div>&nbsp; <br />Mr and Mrs Judd resided in North Carolina near the Yadkin River, when there were born to them on March 22, 1822, a daughter name Delphia Marilla.<br />&nbsp; <br />Delphia Marilla Judd was married to Alexander Doran, in Washington county Virginia Dec. 26, 1838.<sup>7</sup><br />Alex Doran was born in Johnson County Tennessee April 29, 1815.<br />&nbsp; <br />Mr and Mrs Alex Doran resided in Washington County Virginia from the time of their marriage until 1848 when they emigrated to Overton County Tennessee where they resided until 1852 when they emigrated to Greene County Missouri where they remained until the end.<br />&nbsp; <br />Delphia Marilla Doran died in 1865. Alexander Doran died in Aug 1896.<br />&nbsp; <br />Twelve children were born to Alex and Delphia Marilla Doran. Five sons and seven daughters, all of whom lived to middle age or older. Now on March 30, 1923 there are still living one son and five daughters. All the twelve children have been married and all raised a family of children except Charles J.<sup>8</sup><br />&nbsp; <br />This writer now 80 years old remember very well seeing the father and mother of Delphia Marilla Judd; but does not remember their Christian names.<br />&nbsp; <br />The Judd family emigrated from Washington County Virginia to Owsley County Kentucky about 1850: where they became the owner of a coal mine and resided there until after the Civil war. The father of Delphia Marilla lived to be 96 years old and the mother lived to be 92 years old.<br />&nbsp; <br />Delphia Marilla Doran had some brothers and sisters. This writer thinks about three of each. The oldest brother Hamilton B. Judd was a soldier in the Mexican war and later a soldier in the Texas, Mexican war and for this last service received from the State of Texas 1476 acres of land located in Nachodoches County where he resided until his death. He had raised a family of children.<br />&nbsp; <br />Leander H. Judd continued to reside in Owsley County Kentucky; was married and raised a family of children, two of them sons. William C. and Charles H. were soldiers in the civil war and members of the seventh Kentucky Infantry. <br />&nbsp; <br />This writer met them several times on Red River Lousiana in 1864. They were fine looking and appeared well educated. <br />&nbsp; <br />Of the other brothers and sisters of Delphia Marilla this writer does not remember their names except one sister Elvera. Elizabeth, Frances, Navina, Allie, Allen and Elziah, these brothers and sisters of Delphia Marilla as remembered by Mary Lymon, a sister of William Penn Doran.<br />&nbsp; <br />Judd family were Methodist in their religious belief. All were loyal and law abiding, worthy and deserving citizens. <br />&nbsp; <br />The name Judd is certainly not of Saxon or Teutonic origin but most likely Celtic or Gaelic origin.<br />&nbsp; <br />The writer of the above sketch is William Penn Doran, a son of Alex and Delphia Marilla Doran, born in Dec. 26, 1842 in Washington County Virginia and was a soldier during the Civil war for the three years and nine months and had command of the Military Post of Springfield Missouri and over 4000 soldiers at the close of the Civil War.<sup>9</sup><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Biographical Sketch of Alexander and Delphia M. Doran</strong></div>&nbsp; <br />Alexander Doran was born in Johnson county Tennessee April 29, 1815.<br />&nbsp; <br />Delphia Marilla Judd was born in North Carolina March 22, 1822.<br />&nbsp; <br />Alexander Doran and Delphia Marilla Judd were married Dec. 26, 1838 in Tennessee and emigrated to Washington County Virginia and there were born to them a son, Hamilton Greene Doran Oct. 20, 1839.<br />Mary M. Doran borned in Tennessee Mar. 3rd, 1841<br />William Penn Doran Virginia Dec. 26, 1842.<br />Mandy E. Doran Virginia, Dec. 29, 1844.<br />Martha A. Doran in Tennessee Nov. 23, 1846.<br />Nancy J. Doran in Tennessee Apr. 29, 1848.<br />Susan L. Doran in Tennessee Nov. 29, 1850.<br />Lizzie M. Doran in Tennessee Feb. 24, 1853<br />Charles J. Doran in Missouri Jan. 24, 1855<br />James A. Doran in Missouri May 8, 1857<br />Joseph C. Doran in Missouri, March 21, 1859<br />Fanny Doran in Missouri June 4, 1861<br />&nbsp; <br />Alexander and Delphia Marilla Doran emigrated from Tennessee to Greene County Missouri and settled ten miles south of Springfield, Mo. where they lived until death, Delphia Marilla Doran died in 1865. Alexander Doran died in Aug. 1896.<br />&nbsp; <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Marriages of the children of Alexander and Delphia Marilla</strong></div>&nbsp; <br />Mary M. Doran married to William H. Lymn at Ozark, Mo. June 4, 1860. To them were born Willie, Charlie, Annie, Frank, Lib and Hart.<br />&nbsp; <br />Mandy E. Doran to William B. Stapp at Syrucuis Mo. Feb. 1862. <br />&nbsp; <br />Eight children were born to this union Johnny, Marion, Chester, Fletcher, Marshall, Ellis, Joe and Alfred. Mandy E. Stapp died June 15, 1923.<br />&nbsp; <br />Martha A Doran to William M. Patterson at Ozark Mo. July 26, 1865. <br />&nbsp; <br />To this union were borned Walter, Laura, Julia, Betty and Mattie. <br />Laura married a Malicoat<br />Julia accidentally shot in Springfield and was single<br />Betty married a Stiles. <br />Mattie married John O’Day.<br />&nbsp; <br />Hamilton Greene Doran to Charlotte Belinda McCroskey at Ozark, Mo. Feb 12, 1867. To this union were born Emma Amner Doran, Francis Edwin, Minnie Ellen, Mathew Duff, Alex. Judd, William James, Junius, Allen Hamilton and Lenard Paul. Hamilton Doran died Feb. 12, 1905.<br />&nbsp; <br />Nancy J. Doran to Samuel Smith at Ozark, Mo. May 22, 1870. To these were born Charlie, Perry,<br />&nbsp; <br />William P. Doran to Cornelius J. Maiden at Springfield Mo. July 7, 1871. Two children were born to these Ralph and June. June married Tom Galbraith.<sup>10</sup><br />&nbsp; <br />Susan L. Doran to Granville M. Estes at Ozark Mo, Aug. 20, 1871 one child were born to them Lillie who married Doug Chapman. Susan L. then married Robert Owens to them were borned Everett<sup>11</sup> and Ella who married a Mr. Young.<br />&nbsp; <br />Lizzie M. Doran<sup>12</sup> to Milton Robinson at Springfield Mo Oct. 14, 1879. Born to them one child Oliver. Mr. Robinson died she married Jim Doran to them were born Nettie, Macey and Charles. Nettie married Pleas McDaniel, Macy married a Mr. Noakes.<br />&nbsp; <br />Charley J. Doran to Book Ferguson Sept. 1881. No children. Charles J. Doran died in 1891.<br />&nbsp; <br />James A. Doran to Mary (Mollie) E. Gooch at Mentor Mo. Oct. 30, 1881. To this union were born Delmar, Daisy, Lowry, Fenton, Jessie, Threat, Ella, Pansy, Wade and Roscoe.<sup>13</sup><br /><br />Delmar married a Bilyeu. Daisy married Everett Estes, Jessie married (&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;) <sup>14</sup>Ella married a Whittington and Pansy married Hubert Moore. James died June 2, 1912<br />&nbsp; <br />Joseph C. Doran to Frances Page at Springfield Mo. <br />&nbsp; <br />Born to them Irene and Clearance. Irene married a Mr. Fightmaster, Okla City.<br />&nbsp; <br />Joseph Doran died at Nixa Mo. 1914.<sup>15</sup><br />&nbsp; <br />Fanny Doran to Louis Clark at Cassidy Mo. May 9th, 1889. Born to them were Lou, Niva, Ethel and Ruby.<br />&nbsp; <br />Lou married a Ben Graves. He died. 1 girl born, Maree. Lou then<sup>16</sup> McDaniel. Niva<sup>17</sup><br />&nbsp; <br /><em>The next page is blank.</em><br />&nbsp; <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Biographical of Hamilton Doran</strong></div>&nbsp; <br />Hamilton Greene Doran born in Washington Co. Virginia,<sup>18</sup> Oct. 20, 1839. Charlotte Belinda McCroskey was born in Missouri Christian County Mar. 19, 1847. They were married Feb. 12, 1867. <br />&nbsp; <br />To this union were born<br />Emma Amner Doran born Dec. 27, 1867. Married Fred Kerr. To this union one boy Fred.<br />&nbsp; <br />Francis Edwin born June 2, 1869. Died Dec 24, 1873.<br />&nbsp; <br />Minnie Ellen was born in Nov. 28, 1870 married to Bluford Gooch at Ozark, Mo, Dec. 15, 1886. <br />&nbsp; <br />To this union were born two children Edd and Ella. Married Sam Larkins. Bluford died about 1890, Minnie married Marshall Fitzpatrick.<sup>19</sup><br />&nbsp; <br />To this union were born Dewey, Hazel, Earl, Carl, Faye and Lorene.<br />&nbsp; <br />Mathew Duff<sup>20</sup> was born in Feb. 19, 1872 married Ella Hilliard at Springfield 18<br />To this union were born Hugh, Malcom, Cecil, Lottie, Eunice and Glenn. Lottie married Oran Thompson<br />Eunice married Scott Pemberton .<sup>21</sup><br />&nbsp; <br />Alexander Judd was born in Apr. 18, 1873 married Lillian Stroud at Thayer Kans. Dec 17, 1903. <br />To this union were born Ethel, Chester, Glenn and Vivian. Ethel born in Thayer Ks. Chester at Cassidy Mo. Glenn and Vivian at 9 miles west and 3 miles south of Walter Okla.<sup>22</sup><br />&nbsp; <br />William James was born Jan. 15, 1875 married to Eliza Grubaugh at Ozark 189__. To this union were born Inez, Clearance, John, Lawrence and Donald. <br />Ina married Lee Bingham 1921<br />&nbsp; <br />Junius Doran was born in June 8, 1878, married Cora&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in Rialto Calif. 19<br />One child born to this union Lenard Junius. <sup>23</sup><br />&nbsp; <br />Allen Hamilton was born Feb. 7, 1880. Married Julia Simms Cassidy about 1917. One child to this union was born Ralph.<sup>24</sup><br />&nbsp; <br />Leanard Paul was born in Sept. 4, 1881&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not married<br />&nbsp; <br /><em>The next twenty-two pages are blank, then an unknown handwriting continues in pencil….</em><br />&nbsp; <br />About 1875<br />Hallie South was killed at Pilot Point Texas. She was killed by a Doran who shot off his revolver on the way from church and it was counted an accidental<br />He had asked her for her company home and was told no. So for that reason there was a lot of talk, he was a distant relative of our family.<br />&nbsp; <br /><em>On the facing page, in pen, A. J. Doran writes:</em><br />&nbsp; <br />Hamilton Green Doran was under Capt. Barett in the War of the South.<br />Capt. Barrett <em>(this last line is in pencil)</em><br />&nbsp; <br /><em>On the next page (in pencil) another unidentified hand takes over:</em><br />&nbsp; <br />Burt A. Judd born at Columbia, Murray County Tennessee in 1876 a son of C. S. Judd and Helen (Crane) Judd natives of Tennessee Binghamton New York.<br />&nbsp; <br />Growing up at Columbia Burt A Judd had educational advantages. In 1906 Mr. Judd was married in Mount Eagle Tenn. To Miss Carrie Knowles.<br />&nbsp; <br />Mr. Judd died June 27 1921 in Ranger Eastland Co. Texas. He was owner of considerable city property.<br />&nbsp; <br /><em>On the inside back cover, A. J. Doran continues:</em><br />&nbsp; <br />The last thing my mother spoke was I want to meet you all in heaven and the last words to me (A. J. Doran) was go get your other pants and put them on. That was just a day or so before she died.<br /><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TI6wN9cx1VI/AAAAAAAAANk/CKI5Y6RW-wI/s1600/Memorandum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TI6wN9cx1VI/AAAAAAAAANk/CKI5Y6RW-wI/s320/Memorandum.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Transcribed by Stacy A. (Rosa) Chadwick. The original notebook is in the possession of my mother, Charla M. (Doran) Rosa, a granddaughter of Alexander Judd Doran. <br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">&nbsp; </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><sup>1</sup> “no children,” added in pencil by A. J. Doran&nbsp; </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><sup>2</sup> “but” inserted by A. J. Doran&nbsp; </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><sup>3</sup> On the back of this page, A. J. Doran has written “Page one Uncle Will William Penn Doran married to Virginia Maiden a first cousin she and uncle will are Buried at Denison Tex uncle lived to be 87. June an Ralph ther children”</div><sup>4</sup> On the back of this page, A. J. Doran has written “Ralph died at the age 9 or 10. Buried at St. Louis Mo. June married Tom Galbrath at Springfield mo they had two children girs.”<br /><sup>5</sup> “Milo” inserted by A. J. Doran<br /><sup>6</sup> A. J. Doran added – “Hamilton Greene Doran and Charlotte Doran are buried there.” He continues on the back of the page in pen: “Hamilton Greene Doran and Charlotte are buried on the Plank farm which was the Robert Doran farm. He was my great grandfather. I am Alexander Judd Doran so he was my great grandfather.”<br /><sup>7</sup> This is incorrect; he later gives the correct marriage location in Tennessee. ~Stacy A. Chadwick<br /><sup>8</sup> Added by A. J. Doran – “Doran”<br /><sup>9</sup> A.J. Doran adds “and mustered them out of service.”<br /><sup>10</sup> Penciled in by A. J. Doran – “June died July 31, 1940”<br /><sup>11</sup> A. J. Doran inserted “married Minnie Keltner”<br /><sup>12</sup> “Aunt Lizzie died Mar 16 1939” – added by A. J. Doran<br /><sup>13</sup> Added by A. J. Doran – “There was a small boy 2 or 3 years old that died.”<br /><sup>14</sup> A. J. Doran filled in the blank “Payne”<br /><sup>15</sup> A. J. Doran lined through the word ‘Nixa’ and wrote “at Springfield in the Hospital”<br /><sup>16</sup> A. J. Doran inserted “married”<br /><sup>17</sup> “married a Clausen” – added by A. J. Doran<br /><sup>18</sup> <em>This is incorrect – Stacy A. (Rosa) Chadwick</em><br /><sup>19</sup> A. J. Doran notes “Marshall died 1927”<br /><sup>20</sup> Added by A. J. Doran – “Died Jan 1935, Ella died 1936”<br /><sup>21</sup> In an unknown handwriting – “Cecil children Marvin, Delbert, Wanika; Glens -- Patty Ann; Jerry – Johnnie Joe; Eunice – Albert Cecil, Hilge Virgal, Colleen; Malcolm – Dexter, Nena, Kenneth, Wayne, Shela (died), Winsor, Warren, Trela, Leslie &amp; Wesley”<br /><sup>22</sup> Added in pen “2 marriage Alexander J. Doran married Vannie McCroskey June 10 1943 at Witchita Falls, Tex. She died Aug 1 19<strike>42</strike>63”<br /><sup>23</sup> A. J. Doran adds “Junius died 10th of July 1963 of cancer stomache”<br /><sup>24</sup> “Allen died Sept 14, 1935” added by A. J. Doran<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TI6ws1GKTYI/AAAAAAAAANs/ySqUgzsya30/s1600/Stachia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TI6ws1GKTYI/AAAAAAAAANs/ySqUgzsya30/s320/Stachia.jpg" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/09/amanuensis-monday-memorandum-sketches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-5214171625935228002Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:35:00 +00002010-09-10T16:35:14.213-07:00ClarkFriday FunMcCroskeyPrewettSome Friday Fun&nbsp; <br />They say that immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.&nbsp; Keeping that in mind, I'm going to flatter Amy Coffin over at <a href="http://wetree.blogspot.com/">The We Tree Genealogy Blog</a>&nbsp;by stealing her idea of Fun with Search Terms.&nbsp;&nbsp;I hope she doesn't mind!<br /><br />One of the cool features on Blogger is Stats.&nbsp; With one click I can see how many page views I've had (kind of pathetic, my last post had only 9 views), where my audience is&nbsp;(mostly the U.S., but I've had one visitor from Denmark and one from South Korea today!) and my traffic sources, which includes a list of search terms.&nbsp; <br /><br />Here are my search terms for the week:<br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>james mccroskey margaret duff</strong><br />Whoever they were, we're definately researching the same people.&nbsp; I wish they had contacted me! I've got several pictures of various McCroskey family groupings (some identified and some not) and other McCroskey "stuff" that I'm willing to share, collaborate on, etc.<br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>minnie ola prewett</strong><br />I <em>really</em> wish this person had contacted me!&nbsp; The Prewett's are my husband's line and they're driving me crazy!&nbsp; I've had more brick walls with the Prewett line than any other and often feel like I'm the only Prewett researcher on the planet.&nbsp; Minnie Ola Prewett is my husband's aunt. <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>which clark sister passed awy</strong><br />Out of all the Clark sisters there are, I have no idea if "mine" were the ones being looking for.&nbsp; I posted <a href="http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/01/tombstone-tuesday-mystery-of-clark.html">The Mystery of the Clark Sisters</a> in January.&nbsp; I found it odd because all three share a stone bearing their birth dates and married names.&nbsp; I've never heard of such a thing.<br />&nbsp; <br />That was it for my search terms the week!&nbsp; If you happen to land among my Wandering Vines in your searches, please drop me a line or leave a comment.&nbsp;I might nibble if you ask politely, but I don't bite!http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/09/some-friday-fun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-303977745582402783Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:10:00 +00002010-09-09T17:10:41.327-07:00IllinoisMcLaughlinTreasure Chest ThursdayTreasure Chest Thursday: Records of the Olden Time&nbsp; <br />Can you do a Scottish brogue?&nbsp; Can you at least <em>listen</em> with a good Scottish brogue?&nbsp; Just imagine that this is being read by Sean Connery or Liam Neeson....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Samuel B. McLaughlin</em></strong></div><br /><blockquote>The subject of the following sketch comes from an old Scoth covenanter family that some 250 years ago lived on the coast of Scotland and followed the occupation of millers as had their fathers before them. It was a time of bitter religious persecutions. When Catholics were in power they persecuted Protestants without mercy, whipping, branding and murdering, and when the disciples of Calvin obtained the upper hand they paid off in like kind. The McLaughlins were Covenanters, and would not belie their religion. Through persecution and threatened death they clung to their faith, and when grim old Claverhouse, who was never known to show mercy, ordered the head of the family to recant, he stoutly refused, and told Black John to do his worst. Eleven times they strung him up, but life did not desert him, and still he refused to give up his religion. But it was not the Papist leader's purpose to take his life. Good millers were scarce and could not well be spared, so they left him more dead than alive, swearing to return again. Far in the distance across the blue channel the Irish coast was visible. The miller knew his vindictive enemies would surely return and then unless he recanted no mercy would be shown, so making his arrangements hastily and secretly, he embarked in an open boat with his family and such goods as he could carry and bade adieu to his native land forever. He found an asylam in Ireland, where he lived and died, with his wife also. The family here became farmers, and nearly a hundred years later one of the name, bidding his relatives adieu, sailed for the new world and settled in Virginia. Of there history there little is known in detail. The name is prominent in the annals of the time, and several members served in the war of the Revolution, fighting manfully on the side of the Colonists. After its close they drifted to the "dark and bloody ground," and one became a noted Indian fighter. After the border tribes were defeated and dispersed they settled down to peaceful persuits, one branch locating on Green River, where on the 17th day of Feb., 1813, Samuel B., the subject of this sketch, was born. His father was a tanner and likewise cultivated a small farm. The country was new, the people poor, and though soil and climate were unsurpassed, the imperfect means for tilling the earth made life one continuous struggle for existance. Imagine the artistic steel plows of to-day transformed into a clumsy affair, with a short beam, a blunt iron point, and a wooden mould-board, warranted never to scour, and you have the "Clipper" plows of our forefathers. It was commonly drawn by a mule, the lines and traces made from homespun and twisted hemp, passing through the wooden hames and tied with a knot; a shuck collar, and the whiffletrees fastened with withers of hickory bark to the plow. Wagons were unknown, a clumsy sled being the only means of conveyance in summer or winter. Good schools there were none. During the winter months some tramping pedagogue would gather a few scholars, and ply the birch and ferrule in some out of the way cabin until cleaned out by the larger boys, which usually happened about the middle of the term, when there would be no more school that year. The knowledge obtained under such circumstances could not be great, yet he learned sufficient to transact ordinary business, and it must be a sharp one who can profit by his want of information. The food of those days was plain and simple, corn bread and bacon, or "hog and hominy," formed the living of rich and poor, the luxuries of wheat bread and home-made coffee being indulged in only once a week -- on Sunday mornings. Very little sugar or coffee was used or to be had if desired. Books and newspapers in that benighted region were unknown, and information from the outer world came through those adventurous voyagers who made annual trips by flatboat to New Orleans, and for six months thereafter were the self-appointed oracles of the village. When sixteen years old his father promised, as a reward for extra labor, that all the corn raised, besides filling a certain crib, should be his. It may be believed the weeds had little show that season, and his labors were rewarded with a surplus of 150 bushels. A Christmas, and then left me. On this day commenced what has ever since been remembered and designated as the neighbor, the proprietor of a keel-boat, was going on his annual voyage to the gulf, and young McLaughlin bargained, in consideration of the aid he should give, for ten feet of space therein. In addition to his share of the corn, he loaded it with a thousand hoop-poles, while his mother sent along a venture of chickens, ducks, etc., with many admonitions as to the careful expenditure of the proceeds, which were to be laid out in such products as most delight the maternal heart. The question of getting the hoop-poles on board involved much thought and labor. A team to haul them to the boat was out of the question, so a place was selected as near the river as possible, and then cut, conveyed by hand, and rafted to where the boat lay, four miles below. For a sixteen-year boy this was an undertaking, unaided, of no small magnitude, but it was accomplished after infinite labor and pains, and the craft was got afloat. All went well until it struck a sand-bar, and refused to budge another peg. Throwing off his clothes, although it was November, he swam ashore, walked four miles to where a six-foot brother-in-law lived, and by their united efforts at lifting and pushing, the raft was afloat again. The venture was a success, the corn, hoop-poles and chickens finding a ready market, and with the proceeds laid out in a suit of store clothes, some sugar and coffee for his mother, a drawing knife for his father --a wonderful implement in those days-- he returned to enjoy his well earned laurels, and relate his surprising adventures. For the next three years he lived at home. When 19 he started on horseback for Illinois, ostensibly to see the country, but in reality to find the possessor of a pair of bewitching eyes that had stolen his heart away and had it in her keeping. Both were found, and during the season he was married to Rachel L. Hammett. His choice was a good one, and to her industry, frugality and careful management he is indebted for much of his success.<br /><br />After the wedding he went back to Kentucky with his wife and worked on a farm, built a boat, etc., in which he returned to Illinois in 1833 with ten dollars in his pocket. He took up a claim above Chillicothe, put a cabin of primitive construction, which to its owners seemed a palace. The floor was made of puncheons, the roof of shakes, and the windows of greased paper. Wooden stools sufficed for chairs, a store box in which their goods were packed answered for a table, and the cradle --soon needed, was hallowed out from a log of wood. In this primitive style many of the now wealthy families of Marshall county began housekeeping. During the winter he cleared fix or six acres of land, which with the aid of his wife he planted to corn and potatoes. A severe cut in the foot disabled him, but the corn was properly cultivated and produced a good crop, though he was obliged to labor supported by a crutch. They lived here four years. Markets were too distant and transportation too expensive to make the raising of grain profitable, so he turned his attention to raising cattle and hogs, marketing the latter with Jabez Fisher at Lacon. It was a great event to him, when after paying all his debts he had a clean surplus of $50 left. He has sold wheat for 15 cents and corn for 8 cents a bushel. Occasionally a trip was made to Chicago, loading in with grain and out with lumber, salt and household necessaries. When lands came into market there was difficulty in raising the entrance money --many losing their homesteads. McL had little money, but he had two yoke of oxen and a cow, with which he started for Galena, hoping to convert them into money. A cash customer could not be found, and he sold them on credit with the solemn promise that payment should be sent down before the sales. There were no banks or express and the money must be risked by mail, carried by a tow-headed boy on a blind horse for a hundred and fifty miles. But those were days when men were honest and women virtuous, and the cash was duly paid according to promise, and safely arrived. The homestead was saved, and from this time prosperity was theirs, and riches came almost unbidden. In due time the old cabin gave way to a showy house with all the modern improvements. The home made chairs were replaced with costly mahogany; the old spinning wheel to a thousand dollar Knabe piano; the puncheon floor to costly carpets; the gourd cup and tin plates to cut glass and china. He owns nearly 1300 acres of land, is out of debt, has corn and wheat in the crib, hogs in the pen, and "cattle on a thousand hills." To himself and wife thirteen children have been born, nine of whom survive. Their names are Martha J., John B., Andrew J., Jefferson M., Jeanette C., Susan R., Samuel A., Harriet A., and George W. Are members of the Presbyterian church. He has filled various local offices, and is a good neighbor and citizen.</blockquote><br />This is from <u>Records of the Olden Time; or Fifty Years on the Prairies</u> by Spencer Ellsworth. You can read or download the entire book as a PDF <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/recordsofoldenti00ellsrich">here</a>.&nbsp; Within its pages, I have found information on several ancestors from multiple family lines.&nbsp; If you have connections to Illinois, its worth checking out!&nbsp; May it prove to be a treasure chest of information for you as it has been for me.&nbsp; (^.^)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TIl3U8_-_AI/AAAAAAAAANc/IoFiFnqC1oA/s1600/Stachia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/TIl3U8_-_AI/AAAAAAAAANc/IoFiFnqC1oA/s320/Stachia.jpg" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/09/treasure-chest-thursday-records-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657003154152553740.post-4675096217914257098Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +00002010-09-03T21:00:01.260-07:00Funeral Card Fridayfuneral cardsRosaFuneral Card Friday: James Rosa Sr<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/THhSjCvfHLI/AAAAAAAAAMk/RPu2azWdeR4/s1600/JamesRosa,SrObituary001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/THhSjCvfHLI/AAAAAAAAAMk/RPu2azWdeR4/s640/JamesRosa,SrObituary001.jpg" width="403" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />This funeral notice announces the death&nbsp;of my great-great-grandfather, James Rosa Sr.&nbsp; He was born in Vuren, in the&nbsp;Gelderland region of the Netherlands on the 16th of September&nbsp;in 1840.&nbsp; The family&nbsp;settled in Hamburg, Calhoun County, Illinois around 1853.&nbsp; His descendants live there still.&nbsp; He died May 24, 1904 and was buried two days later at the Indian Creek Cemetery in Hamburg.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/THhZ8yfGgrI/AAAAAAAAAMs/LJ_aDW_KcUk/s1600/Stachia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mCpsoNPTz8g/THhZ8yfGgrI/AAAAAAAAAMs/LJ_aDW_KcUk/s320/Stachia.jpg" /></a></div>http://wanderingvine.blogspot.com/2010/09/funeral-card-friday-james-rosa-sr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Stachia)1